Ebook: Global logistics: new directions in supply chain management

The world of logistics is constantly evolving, so this new edition represents the current trends, best practice and latest thinking in global logistics. It serves as a forum allowing the contributors, a range of acknowledged sector specialists, to discuss key logistics issues and share their authoritative views.;Contributors -- Preface -- 01 New directions in logistics / Martin Christopher -- 02 Best practices in logistics and supply chain management: the case of Central and Eastern Europe / Krzysztof Rutkowski -- 03 Trends and strategies in global logistics and supply chain management / Christian F Durach, Frank Straube and Andreas Wieland -- 04 Incentives and the strategic management of suppliers / Glyn Watson, Chris Lonsdale and Joe Sanderson -- 05 Time compression in the supply chain / Adrian Beesley -- 06 Building more agile supply chains / Remko van Hoek -- 07 Using marketing and logistics to fulfil customer needs / David B Grant -- 08 People powering contemporary supply chains / John Gattorna -- 09 Linking supply chain management to shareholder value / Heimo Losbichler and Farzad Mahmoodi -- 10 Outsourcing: the result of global supply chains? / Stephen Rinsler -- 11 Risk in the supply chain / Lars Stemmler -- 12 Managing supply chain vulnerability / Alan Braithwaite -- 13 Information systems and information technologies for supply chain management / Xinping Shi and Simon Chan -- 14 Improving management of supply chains by information technology / Heikki Holma and Jari Salo -- 15 Delivering sustainability through supply chain management / Kirstie McIntyre -- 16 Performance measurement and management in the supply chain / Alan Braithwaite -- 17 Optimizing the movement of freight by road / Alan McKinnon -- 18 Retail logistics / John Fernie -- 19 Internet traders can increase profitability by reshaping their supply chains / Robert Duncan -- 20 Time as a trade barrier / Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås -- 21 Learning from humanitarian supply chains / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove -- 22 Global sourcing and supply / Alan Braithwaite -- 23 International road and rail freight transport activity / Jacques Leonardi, Allan Woodburn, Julian Allen and Michael Browne -- 24 Developments in Western European strategies / Michael Browne, Julian Allen and Allan Woodburn -- 25 Recent development of e-tailing and its logistics in China / James J Wang -- 26 Logistics strategies for Central and Eastern Europe / Grzegorz M Augustyniak -- 27 North American logistics / Jean-Paul Rodrigue and Markus Hesse.