"This book examines the dimensions, components, and key indicators of logistics and smart supply chains. Our goal in this book is to empower supply chains by identifying the procedures and tools that can help make logistics smarter in today's world. We will also show what capabilities the...

This paper investigates innovations in multimodal supply chains. It covers innovations in technology and IT, physical hardware and how supply chains are organised. It outlines direct and indirect impacts of these innovations, showing the ramifications for multimodality, the broader logistics...

In the last two decades, logistics and supply chain has moved to the center stage due the growing recognition that it is through an effective management of the logistics function that the goal of cost reduction and service enhancement can be achieved. The key to success in Supply Chain...

Grundlagen der IT-gestützten Logistik -- IT-gestütztes Logistiksystem -- Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien als Enabler -- Prozesse und Anwendungen der IT-gestützten Logistik: Beschaffungs-, Produktions-, Lager-, (Re-)Distributions-, Instandhaltungslogistik, Supply Chain --...

1. Introduction -- 2. Single-Echelon Inventory Models -- 3. Materials Coordination in Supply Chains -- 4. Safety Stocks in Multi-Echelon Systems -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- List of Symbols -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- References.