Logistics management - Chaubey, Shardul (New Delhi, India Discovery Publishing House Pvt. Ltd, 2011)
I. Introduction to logistics management : Concept of logistics -- Business logistics -- Military logistics -- Evolution of the logistics concept -- Independent business function era (till 1950s) -- Limited internally integrated business function era (1960s-1970s) -- Internally integrated business function era (1980s) -- Externally integrated business function era (1990s) -- Value-added role of logistics -- Types of utility -- What -- Where -- When -- Why -- Logistics in the firm : the micro dimensions -- Logistics interfaces with operations / Manufacturing -- Consumer packaging -- Promotion -- Push vs Pull -- Channel Competition -- Pull Strategy -- Push Strategy -- Logistics impact -- Place : Wholesalers vs. Retailers -- Recent trends : Customer service -- Logistics interfaces with other faces -- Logistical functions -- Scope of activities -- Transportation -- Storage -- Order fulfillment -- Inventory accuracy -- Approaches to analysing logistics systems -- Materials management vs. Physical distribution -- Cost differences -- Balanced systems -- Materials management vs. Physical distribution -- Cost differences -- Balanced system -- Heavy in-bound -- Heavy Out-bound -- Reverse systems -- Cost Centres -- Trade-offs -- Nodes vs. Links - Logistics Channel -- References. -- Logistics Management Practices in India: Sector Snapshot -- Major segments in the Logistics sector -- TEU (TwentyEquivalent Units) -- Investment rationale -- Some peculiarities of the Indian Supply Chains -- The Changing logistics infrastracture -- Determinants of logistics infrastracture -- Determinants of logistics growth in India.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-238) and index.
Keywords: Business logistics