Logistics is a key enabler of supply chain collaboration, thus improving performance in this field allows supply chains to increase their efficiency significantly. The objective of performance management approaches is the methodical performance measurements, control and monitoring to enable continuous improvement of individual and company-wide performance. This volume provides a valuable insight into new concepts for logistics and supply chain management, latest findings in the area of performance management, simulation approaches for high-performance supply chains, and pioneering technologies for logistics such as Auto-ID.
