Unit 1 What Is Logistics?
Additional Reading: Successful Logicsics Systems of Five Well-know Firms
Unit 2Design a Logistics Strategy
Additional Reading: Logistics Strategy
Unit 3Supply Chain Integration
Additional Reading: Obstacles to Process Intergration along the Supply Chain
Unit 4 Supplier Selection and Evaluation
Additional Reading: Single Versus Multiple Sources
Unit 5Logistics Location Structure
Additional Reading: Facility Location Decisions
Unit 6 Just-in.time
Additional Reading: Process Management
Unit 7 Adjusting Capacity
Additional Reading: Capacity Planning
Unit 8 Bar Coding and Scanning
Additional Reading: Critical Location Factors
Unit 9 Cross-docking
Additional Reading: Managing Distribution Channels
Unit 10 Electronic Communication in Supply Chains
Additional Reading: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and Purchasing
Unit 11 Service Parts Logistics & Service Logistics Management
Additional Reading: The Primary Concerns of Servise Response Logistics
Unit 12Lean Supply Chain
Additional Reading: Third-Party Logistics
Unit 13 Internatinal Cargo
Additional Reading: Ocean Cargo
Appendix Ⅰ Reference Translation of the Main Texts
Appendix Ⅱ Key to the Exercises
Appendix Ⅲ Tapescripts
Appendix Ⅳ Glory