Warehousing and Transportation Logistics: Systems, Planning, Application and Cost Effectiveness Contributor(s): Martin, Heinrich (Author) |
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ISBN: 0749482206 ISBN-13: 9780749482206 Publisher: Kogan Page OUR PRICE: $80.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Industries - Transportation - Business & Economics | Distribution - Transportation |
Physical Information: 1.85" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (3.18 lbs) 680 pages |
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Publisher Description: Warehousing and Transportation Logistics offers an overview of transport, warehousing and assembly logistics, including order picking, packaging, handling and management. The key focus is on the management techniques in transport and warehousing and the logistics-focused perspective runs throughout the entire book. The author examines different applications and planning techniques and includes examples of supporting economic calculations and questions and answers. Warehousing and Transportation Logistics looks at unit creation, material flow or goods storage as well as systems and management for planning or information to identify objects, control and processing of orders. It is a practice-oriented book for students with a multitude of useful information and ideas. It is also a workbook for professional practitioners, production, planning and industrial engineers, who are specifically concerned with the planning side of this specialist area. The examples at the end of each chapter deepen and complement the content and there are comprehensive notes with each figure providing additional information on the topic. |
Contributor Bio(s): Martin, Heinrich: - Professor Heinrich Martin lectures at the HAW Hamburg on Transport and Warehousing, internal logistics, material flow and factory planning. |