Cover -- Logistics Management: An Analytics-Based Approach -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1: Introduction -- PART I: Integrated Inventory and Transportation Mode Decision Making -- CHAPTER 2: Integrating Long-Term Transport Mode Selection into Overall Network Planning --...

We propose a profit maximization model for the decision support system of a firm that wishes to establish or rationalize a multinational manufacturing and distribution network to produce and deliver finished goods from sources to consumers. The model simultaneously evaluates all traditional...