Introduction to Global Logistics offers a step-by-step guide to global logistics. Covering the breadth of logistics, this highly accessible text is illustrated by engaging case studies of market leaders. In this comprehensive second instalment of Global Logistics Strategies, John Manners-Bell provides an in-depth definition, description and exploration of the strategic principles and practices in transportation modes and supply chain verticals, including: freight forwarding, contract logistics, shipping, road freight, air cargo and express. The book also examines major sectors, including automotive, chemical, pharmaceutical, retail, consumer, and high tech.
Introduction to Global Logistics offers a detailed examination of key topics, including: how the logistics industry has developed, how it is influenced by macro-economic factors and demand-side trends, what the risks are to the industry, and how it will develop over the coming years. It examines important trends and developments that are shaping the industry, including 3D printing, megacities, and post-harvest food losses.
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Index
Note: The index is filed in alphabetical, word-by-word order. Numbers and acronyms are filed as spelt out. Page locators in italics denote information contained within a Figure or Table.
ABX Logistics 4, 36, 41–42, 44
Accenture 139, 140–41, 277, 333
Acer 263, 264, 265
acquisitions see mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
AEI 42, 43, 45, 47, 55, 117
Africa 12, 15, 16, 91–92, 194, 353, 355, 357
mergers & acquisitions 40, 56, 57, 59, 61
see also East Africa; North Africa; South Africa
aftermarket (after sales) 266–67
Agility 42, 43, 59, 106, 252
agility 6, 19, 30, 280
agriculture sector 10, 64, 88, 89, 256, 339, 356
air
cargo (airfreight) 11, 12, 90, 114–16, 118–20, 183–96, 284, 287–88, 346–47
hi-tech goods 263, 264
mergers & acquisitions 45, 51
see also airlines
links 95
trucking companies 189
Air France 32, 51, 119, 174, 252
Airborne Express 42, 43, 47, ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 01 What’s shaping the global logistics market?
- 02 An industry in transformation: towards consolidation
- 03 Logistics market development by geography
- 04 The emergence of logistics clusters
- 05 International freight forwarding
- 06 Contract logistics
- 07 European road freight
- 08 Express parcels
- 09 Air cargo
- 10 Container shipping
- 11 The European rail and intermodal sectors
- 12 Supply chain technologies
- 13 Supply chain dynamics of vertical sectors
- 14 Risks in global supply chains
- 15 The e-commerce logistics phenomenon
- 16 Supply chain innovation and disruption
- 17 Ethical and sustainable supply chain strategies
- References and further reading
- Index
- Copyright
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