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A Practical Guide to Transportation and Logistics

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If you're a graduate student looking for a book on transportation and logistics theory, don't by this book. However if you are one of the many people that have responsibilities related to running a shipping/receiving department you'll find this book indispensable. This easy to read guide covers the various options in carriers, documentation requirements, freight classifications, terms, and other topics related to the day to day operation of a shipping department. Readers with no experience in transportation can quickly get up to speed on rate and discount negotiations, export documentation, and auditing of freight bills.

This book is being defined as an introduction to Transportation and Logistics. Had I known the extremely simplistic tone and amount of information given here I would have not order this book. The book has only 184 pages. The last 84 were wasted with petty information. The appendices from page 131 to 184 have common information one can learn at work. The Chapter 4, page 101 to page 124, the book's space has been wasted with the pictures and history of the personal computer, from vacuum tubes and Altair 8800, on. Chapter 5, page 125-130 talks about the significance of the Web! These two chapters would have been great information in 1990! Who should buy the book? The rightful readership for this book: GED - forklift operator -who has the laudable drive to learn a few extra things his supervisor is hiding from him for fear of inside competition! Here is why, in the words of the author, in explaining how to input value in the four variables of the logistic function, the author says: "All right, this may be more math than some of you really want to contend with. I know it requires some mental gymnastics but the concept is important"! This book should be in the price range of $5.00 with a chosen delivery time of three-four weeks, so that the cost of ownership would not be over $8.00. Many authors violate the trust of readership by not specifying the level of readership to which the book is addressed. Mr. Stroh did just that!

Wow, definitively a good book which I'm now recommending to my subordinates and co-workers to read. Definitively worth a positive review and comment from my part. It made me laugh my lungs off with the comments which really indicate right on what we, as Distribution Center managers go through. So it keeps it fun and informative and quite sincerely, I learned a lot of new things by reading it.

It got a bit boring at the end when it got into the computer chapters but this is probably because this was data I already knew. I'm sure someone who doesn't know anything about computers would enjoy these last chapters just as much. However the whole book is worth to be purchased and read. If you don't like the last two chapters, just don't read them.

I would describe this book more like a post write up, a manual for your post, which is exactly what I was looking for, not a bunch of "new techniques" from some hot shot who doesn't even understand what he is talking about.

On that note, I really appreciate that the author kept it simple, with defined terms and not trying to use a bunch of nomenclature only a very seasoned logistic manager could understand, which is obviously not why someone would buy and read this book. Thanks for the glossary too.

As a last note, I have now ordered all the books you recommend on your book and I'm sure I will find them very helpful.

I give your book a sincere 10. Thanks.

Mr Stroh has written an essential primer on the subjects of transportation and logistics. The book is composed in an informal and informational style which makes the subject matter easily understood... In addition to having personally read and enjoyed Mr Stroh's books, I have purchased several copies for my employees on the Shipping Dock... Mr Stroh's books resides right next to our Company SOPs as an excellent Resource

I thought it was easy to see why this book was used as a textbook in colleges. It has all the basic information one needs to ship anywhere in the world. It may not read like Harry Potter but I did not find it boring either. For an information book I found it reasonably well written. The only fault I found was that some of the illustrations could have been printed larger. That would have helped me in several cases.

After graduating from college with a Degree concentration in Transport Geography, I thought at the time that I had all I needed to be an excellent academic and an incredible transportation practioner; but before long, I realized I was lacking practical experience in the field I have being so passionate about. My first interview with a well known transport and logistics company in Ghana did not go well. As it later turned out, I was more embedded into theory and methodology than practical industry experience.

Since then, I have been searching for a good book that answers my questions regarding practical industry experience, or to fill the gap so to speak. I was recently challenged by my new job, so I decided to seriously look for a good practical book that will clarify some of my questions. About a week ago, I stumbled upon this book entitled; 'A Practical Guide to Transportation and Logistics' on Amazon by Michael B. Stroh. Prior to this, I had ever heard of this author, but going through the reviews online, I decided to buy the book. Without any hesitations, I would like to say that this is an incredible text written by an incredible knowledgeable person in this field! The author demonstrated his mastery and understanding of the issues in the field. And showing the images of relevant documents used in the industry also made a lot of difference for me; some of these documents I had never seen, although I have heard about them.

I strongly will recommend this book to anyone in this field of study and/ or anyone aiming to be in the field to read it. It is an easy text to read and could be read within two to three days. I believe this will also be of tremendous help to students who do not have any industry experience. Another point I want to add is the experiences discussed in the book could very well be applicable to quite a number of scenarios in other countries around the world. In other words, the book has some global perspective as well.
I am proud to own one of this amazing books!

It gives information on the brokering business.

It also appears that parts of the book are well behind the times, the latest copyright was in 2006. Some parts show a great deal of detail while others just seemingly are glanced over. The figures are difficult to read and understand, they are also at the end of each chapter and it's difficult to read the text and look at the figures (which are hard to read themselves).

As it's title said, It is a practical guide, very inlightful.
I only spent 6 hours in read it, all the topics are well described and I acquired a lot of logistics concepts.
In the past I review other logistics book, but definitly this is the book.

If you want to become a logistics professional in the US this is the right starting point. Very practical and concise it gives an execellent overview over the various aspects of logistics from an US based business point of view.

The information is outstanding. It really helps you know the basis day to day operations in the transportation field. A great starter publication.