Context of Logistics
- The Supply Chain
- Activities of Logistics
- Aims of Logistics
- Importance of Logistics
Integrating Supply Chain
- Progress in Logistics
- Current Trends in Logistics
- Integrating Logistics Within an Organization
- Integration Along the Supply Chain
- Achieving Integration
Logistics Strategy
- Strategic Decisions
- Logistics Strategy
- Strategy Options
- Designing a Logistics Strategy
Implementing Strategy
- Relating Strategy to Lower Decisions
- Areas for Decisions in Implementation
- Managing Change
Locating Facilities
- Importance of Location
- Choosing the Geographic Region
- Infinite Set Approaches
- Feasible Set Approaches
- Network Models
- Location Planning
Planning Resources
- Types of Planning
- Capacity Planning
- Adjusting Capacity
- Tactical Planning
- Short-term Schedules
Controlling Material Flow
- Material Requirements Planning
- Extending the Role of MRP
- Principles of Just-in-time
- Achieving Just-in-time Operations
- Extending JIT Along the Supply Chain
Measuring and Improving Performance
- Measuring Performance
- Comparing Performance
- Analyzing a Supply Chain
- Improving Performance
Procurement
- Definitions
- Choosing Suppliers
- Procurement Cycle
- Types of Purchase
Inventory Management
- Reasons for Holding Stock
- Economic Order Quantity
- Uncertain Demand and Safety Stock
- Periodic Review Systems
- Effort of Stock Control
Warehousing and Material Handling
- Purpose of Warehouses
- Activities Within a Warehouse
- Ownership
- Layout
- Materials Handling
- Packaging
Transport
- Mode of Transport
- Intermodal Transport
- Ownership of Transport
- Routing Vehicles
Global Logistics
- International Trade
- Problems with International Logistics
- Organising International Operations
