Chapter 1 Introduction to Logistics and Logistics Management 1
1.1 DEFINITION OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 2
1.2 LOGISTICS'ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION 5
1.3 THE MISSION OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 9
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 11
Chapter 2 Logistics Strategy 12
2.1 THE NEED FOR LOGISTICS STRATEGY 13
2.2 STRATEGIC LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 15
2.3 OTHER STRATEGIES 23
2.4 DESIGNING A LOGISTICS STRATEGY 26
2.5 IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY 33
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 37
Chapter 3 Supply Chain Management 39
3.1 BASIC CONCEPT OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 40
3.2 SCM FROM A LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE 43
3.3 PARTNERSHIPS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN 47
3.4 MANUFACTURING AND SCM IN CHINA 50
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 54
Chapter 4 Materials Management 55
4.1 MANAGEMENT IN RELATION TO MATERIALS AREAS 56
4.2 THE OBJECTIVES OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 58
4.3 SCOPE OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 62
4.4 PRINCIPLES OF MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 68
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 71
Chapter 5 Procurement 72
5.1 INTRODUCTION TO PROCU REMENT 73
5.2 SETTING THE PROCUREMENT OBJECTIVES 78
5.3 THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS 86
5.4 OTHER ISSUES OF SOURCING STRATEGY 88
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 96
Chapter 6 Transportation 97
6.1 DEFINITIONS OF TRANSPORTATION 98
6.2 MODE OF TRANSPORT 99
6.3 PROGRESS IN TRANSPORTATION 106
6.4 TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENTATION 109
6.5 CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION 110
6.6 TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS 112
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 114
Chapter 7 Warehousing and Inventory Control 115
7.1 ROLE OF WAREHOUSE 116
7.2 TYPES OF WAREHOUSES 118
7.3 WAREHOUSING DESIGN AND PLANNING 122
7.4 SOMETHING ABOUT INVENTORY CONTROL 131
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 136
Chapter 8 Physical Distribution 137
8.1 FUNCTION OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION 138
8.2 CONCEPT OF DISTRIBUTION CENTER 140
8.3 SCOPE OF DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES 142
8.4 STORAGE FACILITIES IN DISTRIBUTION CENTERS 147
8.5 A DRIVING FORCE IN EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION 148
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 154
Chapter 9 Packaging 155
9.1 INTRODUCTION TO PACKAGING 156
9.2 TECHNOLOGY OF PACKAGING 159
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 163
Chapter 10 Logistics Information 164
10.1 ROLE OF LOGISTICS INFORMATION 165
10.2 INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTIONALIIY 167
10.3 INFORMATION APPLICATION 168
10.4 USE OF EDI IN SUPPLY CHAIN 171
10.5 LOGISTICS NETWORKING 175
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 178
Chapter 11 International Logistics 179
11.1 INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE 180
11.2 INIERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION 182
11.3 INCOTERMS 2000 184
11.4 LOGISTICS CHANNELS IN INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION 188
11.5 LOGISTICS CHANNELS CHARACTERISTICS 191
11.6 INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES 195
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 197
Chapter 12 Logiistics Engineering 198
12.1 BACKGROUND ON LOGISTICS SYSTEM ENGINEERING 199
12.2 DECISION ON LOCATION 201
12.3 DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF FACILITIES 206
12.4 HANDLING AND STORAGE SYSTEMS 207
12.5 PROCESS SIMULATION 210
12.6 A SIMULATION FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN 213
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 217
Chapter 13 Case Study 218
13.1 WALL'S(CHINA)CO.,LTD.:LOGISTICS OPERATIONS STARTUP 219
13.2 PARTNERSHIPS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN:INTRODUCING CO-MANAGED INVENTORY AT GUINNESS GB 240
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 252
13.3 IMPLEMENTING THE VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY(VMI)STRATEGY AT SINOPEC CORPORATION 261
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 273
Chapter 14 Academic Disciplines of Logistics Management ＆ Engi-neering 284
14.1 CONTEMPORARY LOGISTICS EDUCATION:AN INTERNATIONAL PER-SPECTIVE 285
14.2 LOGISTICS MANPOWER AND EXPERTISE-EDUCATION AND TRAIN-ING IN HONG KONG 314
14.3 SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE WRITING 321
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 323
Appendix 324
Appendix 1 SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS TERMS AND GLOSSARY 324
Appendix 2 RELATED WEBSITES 332
References 334