After studying this chapter you will be able to understand: Introduction, strategy & planning, the product, location strategy, transport decisions, inventory strategy, purchasing & supply scheduling, the storage & handling system, the storage & handling decisions, network planning process.
Logistics Management LSM 730 Lecture Dr Khurrum S Mughal 1-1 Course Contents • Introduction • Strategy & Planning • The Product • Location Strategy • Transport Decisions • Inventory Strategy • Purchasing & Supply Scheduling • The Storage & Handling System • The Storage & Handling Decisions 1-2 Course Material • Course Text Book – • • Business Logistics/Supply Chain Management, 5th Edition by Ronald H Ballou Recommended Books – Logistics – An Introduction to Supply Chain Management by Donald Waters – Introduction to Logistics Systems Management by Gianpaolo Ghiani, Gilbert Laporte, Roberto Musmanno – Supply Chain Management: In Theory and Practice by Birgit Dam Jespersen, Tage Skjott-Larsen Miscellaneous Sources: 1-3 Business Logistics/Supply Chain—A Vital Subject The supply chain is simply another way of saying “the whole process of business.” Peter Drucker, 1969 1-4 Introduction • • • Needs in the historical perspective Constraints due to low technological developments in transportation and storage Locating near production – Self sustaining villages 1-5 Logistics Defined Managing Individually Vs Coordinated Management 1-6 Transportation Warehousing Transportation Customers Information flows Factory Transportation Vendors/plants/ports Warehousing Transportation 1-2 ... Miscellaneous Sources: 1- 3 Business Logistics/ Supply Chain—A Vital Subject The supply chain is simply another way of saying “the whole process of business.” Peter Drucker, 19 69 1- 4 Introduction •... storage Locating near production – Self sustaining villages 1- 5 Logistics Defined Managing Individually Vs Coordinated Management 1- 6 Transportation Warehousing Transportation Customers Information... Storage & Handling Decisions 1- 2 Course Material • Course Text Book – • • Business Logistics/ Supply Chain Management, 5th Edition by Ronald H Ballou Recommended Books – Logistics – An Introduction