The book is addressed to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as to professionals who wish to delve into both the theoretical background of Supply Chain science and practical examples of its application, in the new modern environment of requirements for Sustainability and sustainability.
Logistics as a science includes the handling and management of products from production to consumption, with the lowest possible cost (cost minimization). The need for this was intensified by the development of competitive conditions between businesses to produce competitive products (quality, prices, functionality, etc.) as well as customer-consumer services.
From the subject of Supply Chain, it is clearly seen that it is essentially a management method, known as "Supply Chain Management: SCM".
The main subject of the book will be indicative
LOGISTICS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION
Historical overview and basic concepts of the Supply Chain
Conceptual approaches and dimensions of Customer Service
Customer value-adding practices by businesses – Service Policies
Inventory and supply management
Organization and management of Storage Centers
Design of Transport Systems (Means of Transport, Combined Transport)
Supply Chain Strategic Planning
Packaging, Product Coding and Traceability
Supply Chain Support Information Systems
SPECIAL ISSUES OF SUPPLY
Sustainability and supply chain – Green and Reverse Logistics
Assessing the Sustainability of Supply Chains
City Logistics in 'Smart Cities'
The agri-food chain – Food Logistics
Logistics Applications in the Public Sector
* The ebook was developed in the context of of the "Kallipos - Greek Academic Electronic Books & Aids" program, which took place with the participation of HEALLINK (Association of Greek Academic Libraries), grnet (National Research & Technology Network), National Technical University of Athens and the European Union, while it was co-financed by Greece (Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs, Special Management Service) and the European Union (NSRF 2007-2013, European Community Fund).
The selection of the writing effort coefficient for the design & development of each ebook was made by the respective author - academic - university professor, while our artistic director at the time, Nikolaos Koumartzis, participated in the registers of the "Kallipos" program.
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