Logistics: Principles and Applications, Second Edition (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Book 1 of 2: McGraw-Hill Logistics

Langford, John W.

 
9780071472241: Logistics: Principles and Applications, Second Edition (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)

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A detailed roadmap for world-class new product development and delivery

This updated guide offers a complete blueprint for logistics excellence, covering design and production, product reliability, maintainability, quality assurance, supply chain techniques, and more. This new edition features new material on performance-based systems engineering and its impact on life cycle logistics.

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GET A DETAILED ROAD MAP FOR WORLD-CLASS NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY -- NOW UPDATED WITH THE LATEST LOGISTICS TOOLS!

Logistics managers, engineers, and contractors can turn to the Second Edition of Logistics: Principles and Applications for the latest tools needed for world-class new product development and delivery in both the military and commercial sectors. This updated guide offers a detailed road map for logistics excellence, covering design and production, product reliability, maintainability, quality assurance, supply chain techniques, and more.

This expert resource explores the three broad areas of logistics systems engineering, acquisition and production, and logistics systems management and operations. A classic overview of the body of knowledge for the Certified Professional Logistician (CPL) exam, the Second Edition features:

  • Detailed information on quality assurance for operations management
  • Incorporates SI (metric) units along with corresponding U.S. Customary System units
  • New to this edition: new material on performance-based systems engineering and its impact on life cycle logistics

Capitalize on Updated Coverage of Every Major Logistics Topic:
Logistics Systems Engineering: Logistics Statistics * Reliability * Maintainability * Availability * Quality Assurance * Human Factors Engineering * Safety Engineering * Acquisition and Production: Contracting * Critical Path Analysis * Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) * Learning Curve * Financial Analysis * Depreciation of Assets * Life-Cycle Cost Analysis * Performance-Based Systems Engineering * Logistics Systems Management and Operations: Logistics Facilities * Packaging, Handling, Storage, and Transportation * Inventory Management * Personnel Management * Logistics Technical Documentation * Support and Test Equipment (S&TE) * Embedded Computer Resources * Equipment Maintenance * Design Interface of Logistics Elements * Supportability Analysis Applied to Logistics * Configuration Management (CM)

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