Business Logistics Management: International Edition - Softcover

Ballou, Ronald H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130812625 ISBN 13: 9780130812629

Publisher: Pearson, 1998

Synopsis

This comprehensive discussion―covering the planning, organizing, and controlling of such activities as transportation, inventory maintenance, order processing, purchasing, warehousing, materials handling, packaging, customer service standards, and product scheduling―is specifically designed to help readers solve the actual problems that they will encounter in today's marketplace. It provides the basic decision making tools and concepts used for finding cost reduction and strategic opportunities. Includes Logware Software.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The LOGWARE software found inside

• Is developed specifically for classroom and educational use
• Has 15 Windows-based customized modules, including the new Supply Channel Simulator Module
• Extends and supports methods presented in the text
• Can be used for logistics problem solving, such as single and multifacility location, vehicle routing and scheduling, forecasting, inventory management, warehouse layout, and more
• Has general purpose programs, including linear programming, integer programming, multiple regression, and distance estimation

LOGWARE is designed to be user-friendly for data input, preparation, and results presentation so that it will be an integral part of a student's decision-making tool kit.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0130812625
• ISBN 13: 9780130812629
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 696