The Definitive Guide to Transportation
Principles, Strategies, and Decisions for the Effective Flow of Goods and Services
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Operations Research, Manufacturing, Business & Finance, Management & Leadership, Production & Operations Management
| Author: | CSCMP, Thomas J. Goldsby, Deepak Iyengar, Shashank Rao | ISBN: | 9780133449112 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education | Publication: | January 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Pearson FT Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | CSCMP, Thomas J. Goldsby, Deepak Iyengar, Shashank Rao |
| ISBN: | 9780133449112 |
| Publisher: | Pearson Education |
| Publication: | January 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Pearson FT Press |
| Language: | English |
This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain transportation processes. Straight from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it brings together up-to-the-minute principles, strategies, and decisions for cost-efficiently and effectively moving goods between sellers and buyers. CSCMP and Thomas Goldsby introduce crucial concepts including transportation modes, execution, and control; outsourcing, modal and carrier selection, and 3PLs; TMS technologies; ocean shipping, international air, customs, and regulation; and much more. Step by step, The Definitive Guide to Transportation helps you optimize all facets of transportation, one of the highest-cost, highest-impact areas of supply chain management. Coverage includes:
- Basic transportation management concepts and their essential roles in demand fulfillment
- Key elements, processes, and interactions of transportation operations management
- Design principles and strategies for establishing efficient, effective, and sustainable transportation operations
- The critical role of technology in managing transportation operations and product flows
- Requirements and challenges of planning and moving goods between countries
- Best practices for assessing performance using standard metrics and frameworks
This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain transportation processes. Straight from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it brings together up-to-the-minute principles, strategies, and decisions for cost-efficiently and effectively moving goods between sellers and buyers. CSCMP and Thomas Goldsby introduce crucial concepts including transportation modes, execution, and control; outsourcing, modal and carrier selection, and 3PLs; TMS technologies; ocean shipping, international air, customs, and regulation; and much more. Step by step, The Definitive Guide to Transportation helps you optimize all facets of transportation, one of the highest-cost, highest-impact areas of supply chain management. Coverage includes:
- Basic transportation management concepts and their essential roles in demand fulfillment
- Key elements, processes, and interactions of transportation operations management
- Design principles and strategies for establishing efficient, effective, and sustainable transportation operations
- The critical role of technology in managing transportation operations and product flows
- Requirements and challenges of planning and moving goods between countries
- Best practices for assessing performance using standard metrics and frameworks
