Author(s): John Mangan; Roya Javadpour; Tim Butcher; Chandra Lalwani

Business

Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, now in its secondedition, provides essential reading for students studying SCMand logistics. Encompassing both practical and strategicperspectives, it also takes a truly global perspective, recognisingthe transnational nature of logistics activities in today?sworld. The four authors bring a wealth of experience and knowledgefrom their careers which to date have spanned Europe, the US, Asiaand Australia. In addition the book benefits from chapter and casecontributions from 27 authors (both from industry and fromacademia) located across the globe.

 Key features of this new and extended second editioninclude

• 19up-to-date chapters on all aspects of logistics and SCM, includingcoverage of emerging and important topics such as service supplychains, security, sustainability, and supply chainvulnerability
• Aneasy and clear introduction to key quantitative techniques that canbe applied to logistics such as simulation and modelling
• Thirteeninternational case studies, on diverse topics such as commoditylogistics and extraterrestrial supply chain networks, to illustratekey concepts and extend learning