This Publication is concerned with the vital subject of business logistics and supply chain management, an area that can be essential to a firm’s competitive strategy and revenue generation. This management area has been described by many names, including physical distribution, materials management, transportation management, logistics, and supply chain management. Relevant business activities may include one or more of the following areas: transportation, inventory, order processing, purchasing, warehousing, materials handling, packaging, customer service standards, and production | Send for a FREE copy of our Prospectus book by airmail telephone fax or email or via our website International Headquarters College House Leoville Jersey JE3 2DB Britain. Telefax 44 0 1534 485485 Email info@ Website LOGISTICS SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM The Cambridge International College Publication on Logistics Supply Chain and Transport Management by Ronald H Ballou will be sent to you by registered airmail post as an integral component of the Program Introduction This Publication is concerned with the vital subject of business logistics and supply chain management an area that can be essential to a firm s competitive strategy and revenue generation. This management area has been described by many names including physical distribution materials management transportation management logistics and supply chain management. Relevant business activities may include one or more of the following areas transportation inventory order processing purchasing warehousing materials handling packaging customer service standards and production. The focus of this Publication is on the planning organizing and controlling of these activities - key elements for successful management in any organization. Special emphasis is given to strategic planning and decision making as an important part of the management process. Managerial efforts are directed towards setting the level of the logistics activities so as to make products and services available to customers at the time and place required and in the condition and form desired in the most profitable and cost-effective way. Logistical activities have always been vital to organizations and so business logistics and supply chain management represents a synthesis of many concepts principles and methods from the more traditional areas of marketing production accounting purchasing and transportation as well as from the disciplines of applied mathematics organizational behaviour
