Global logistics strategies
Subtitle: delivering the goods
By: John Manners-Bell
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780749470241; 9780749470234
Subjects: Management; Business logistics; Organizational Behavior; Purchasing & Supply Management; Management Science; Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Distribution & Warehousing Management; Physical distribution of goods
Description: This book examines how the logistics industry has developed; how it is influenced by macro-economic factors and demand-side trends; what the risks are to the industry and how it will develop in the coming years. Six key logistics segments (freight forwarding, contract logistics, shipping, road freight, air cargo and express) are defined and explored in detail. The book also examines the individual supply chain dynamics and logistics demands of the major vertical sectors.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.
Table of contents: title: What's shaping the global logistics market?; title: An industry in transformation: towards consolidation; title: Logistics market development by geography; title: The emergence of logistics clusters; title: International freight forwarding; title: Contract logistics; title: European road freight; title: Express parcels; title: Air cargo; title: Container shipping; title: The European rail and intermodal sectors; title: Supply chain dynamics of vertical sectors; title: Risks in global supply chains; title: The e-commerce logistics phenomenon; title: 3D printing: the end of global supply chains?