Taking a unique engineering approach, the Logistics Engineering Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of traditional methods and contemporary topics. The book delineates basic concepts and practices, provides a tutorial for common problems and solution techniques, and discusses current topics that define the state of the logistics market. It covers background information that defines engineering logistics, activities and implementation, transportation management, enabling technologies, and emerging trends. Each chapter includes either a brief case study overview of an industrially motivated problem or a tutorial using fabricated data designed to highlight important issues.

INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS ENGINEERING. Logistics from a Historical Perspective. The Economic Impact of Logistics. The Logistics Engineering Tool Chest. Logistics Metrics. Logistics as an Integrating Function. LOGISTICS ACTIVITIES. Customer Service. Purchasing & Sourcing. Demand Forecasting. Facility Location & Layout. Inventory Management. Material Handling & Material Flow. Warehousing. Distribution Networks. Transportation Systems Overview. TOPICS IN TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT. Dispatching/Routing. Classic Transportation Problems. Pricing/Rating. Freight Imbalance & Managing Uncertainty in the Supply Chain. Capacity Planning & Yield Management. ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES. Tracking Technologies. Electronic Connectivity & Software. Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability in Logistics. Funding and Justifying Logistics Activities. Logistics and the Internet. EMERGING & GROWING TRENDS. Green Logistics, Packaging & Reverse Logistics. Global Logistics Concerns. Outsourcing & 3PLs. Intermodal Transportation. Logistics in Service Industries. Securing the Supply Chain. Current & Future Logistics Research Needs.