Business Logistics Management (4th Edition) [Hardcover]

Ronald Ballou (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0137956592 | ISBN-13: 978-0137956593 | Publication Date: August 13, 1998 | Edition: 4th

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.

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A comprehensive discussion of 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. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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This comprehensive discussion provides the basic decision making tools and concepts used for finding cost reduction and strategic opportunities. 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, it is specifically designed to help readers solve the actual problems that they will encounter in todayÕs marketplace.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 696 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 4th edition (August 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0137956592
• ISBN-13: 978-0137956593
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #878,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #96 in Books > Business & Investing > Management & Leadership > Distribution & Warehouse Management

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good reference for practicing logistics managers/students, March 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Business Logistics Management (Hardcover)

Review based on 4th edition: A hands on and mathematical approach to the various factors involved in logistics mgt.Good treatment of customer service,transportation, inventory and location strategies. Numerous problems and examples explain how to immediately apply the tools - whether you are calculating the cost of what you are carrying in your warehouse, testing the feasibility of additional warehouses, or calculating service level/fill rate (they are different...) Includes a cool Logware CD-ROM for those interested in solving transportation, inventory problems without the headaches of programming. Overall a good textbook for a logistics course

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thorough textbook, October 19, 1999

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José A. Sánchez Villanueva - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Logistics Management (Hardcover)

This a very usefull book that helps you to get a handle on the main issues of Logistics. Its treatment of the issues is deep but easy to read. A profitable bought.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practice in Logistics, July 26, 2000

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Max Pellizzaro (Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Logistics Management (4th Edition) (Hardcover)

I believe that this book is very usefull for the people that really want to practice with some basic logistic concepts as TSP problems, Routing problems, Inventory Policies etc. The use of the computer programs provided by the CD rom is the winning chioce to get really focused on these problematics.