Comprehensive logistics

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Modern logistics encompasses operative logistics, analytical logistics, and management of logistic networks. Operative logistics focuses on the efficient supply of goods at the right place and time. Analytical logistics involves designing optimal networks, developing planning and scheduling strategies, and organizing efficient order and performance processes. Logistic management is responsible for planning, implementing, and operating logistic networks, as well as scheduling orders, stocks, and resources. This reference book provides a comprehensive overview of modern logistics, offering proven strategies, rules, and tools to address various logistic challenges. It features analytically derived algorithms and formulas for computer-based planning of logistic systems and dynamic scheduling of orders and resources, leading to significant improvements in performance, quality, and costs. Practical applications are illustrated through examples from industry, trade, and service providers. The second edition includes a new chapter on maritime logistics, showcasing how the methods can resolve complex logistic issues relevant to the economy, society, and environment. Targeted at professionals, scientists, teachers, and graduate students, the book also includes an extensive index, serving as a dictionary of modern logistics.