Ian Chambers and John Humble
Gower
Hardback
200
The enduring repercussions of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 the worsening global economy following the burst of the dotcom bubbles in 2001 and the incessant rise in customer demand for better services have all contributed to shrinking profit margins for all business firms in the world. To cope with these challenges many firms are looking for ways to strengthen and preserve their market positions. Logistics is becoming increasingly popular as a competitive weapon among others for firms to gain advantage in cost and services. This book extends the JIT concept in manufacturing to business logistics an area that has been observed to account for more than 30 per cent of sales revenue for some firms. Different from manufacturing logistics which is primarily concerned with the management of materials flows to support a production line business logistics concerns mainly with move-store activities with a major focus on the physical flows of finished products across organizational boundaries and to the end customers. In managing the global supply chains this book provides a useful reference for organizations seeking logistics performance improvements on JIT ways.
Gower
Hardback
200
The enduring repercussions of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 the worsening global economy following the burst of the dotcom bubbles in 2001 and the incessant rise in customer demand for better services have all contributed to shrinking profit margins for all business firms in the world. To cope with these challenges many firms are looking for ways to strengthen and preserve their market positions. Logistics is becoming increasingly popular as a competitive weapon among others for firms to gain advantage in cost and services. This book extends the JIT concept in manufacturing to business logistics an area that has been observed to account for more than 30 per cent of sales revenue for some firms. Different from manufacturing logistics which is primarily concerned with the management of materials flows to support a production line business logistics concerns mainly with move-store activities with a major focus on the physical flows of finished products across organizational boundaries and to the end customers. In managing the global supply chains this book provides a useful reference for organizations seeking logistics performance improvements on JIT ways.