Global logistics entails tradeoffs in facility location, distribution networks, the routing and scheduling of deliveries by different modes of travel (e.g., air, water, truck, rail), procurement, and the overall management of international supply chains. In an increasingly global economy, then, logistics has become a very important matter in the success or failure of an organization. It is an integral part of supply chain management that involves not just operations management considerations, but production engineering and regional science issues as well.
As Director of the prestigious Waterloo Management of Integrated Manufacturing Systems Research Group (WATMIMS), which specializes in logistics and manufacturing, Jim Bookbinder is uniquely qualified to edit a handbook on global logistics. He has aligned a set of prominent contributors for this volume.
The chapters in the Handbook are organized into discrete sections that examine modes; logistics in particular countries; operations within a free-trade zone; innovative features impacting international logistics; case studies of specific companies; and a look toward the future. Contributors are from the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and they push the state of the art in areas such as trade vs. security; border issues; cabotage within NAFTA; Green logistics corridors within the EU; inland ports; direct-to-store considerations; and all the questions that need to be confronted in any given region. This will certainly appeal to researchers and practitioners alike, and could serve as required or supplementary reading in graduate-level logistics courses as well.

Handbook of Global Logistics: Transportation in International Supply Chains (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) | James H. Bookbinder (Editor) | Springer

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Logistics in China
Chapter 2: Electronic Procurement Systems in India: Importance and Impact on Supply Chain Operations
Chapter 3: Use of Third Party Logistics Services: An Asia-Pacific Perspective
Chapter 4: The Greater Mekong Sub-region of Southeast Asia: Improving Logistics Connectivity
Chapter 5: Strategic and Tactical Modeling in the Argentine Sugar Industry
Chapter 6: Integration of International and Cabotage Container Shipping in Brazil
Chapter 7: Latin American Logistics/Supply Chain Management: Perspective from the Research Literature
Chapter 8: Logistics in the Oresund Region of Scandinavia
Chapter 9: Green Corridors in European Surface Freight Logistics
Chapter 10: Containerized Freight Distribution in North America and Europe
Chapter 11: Network Redesign in Turkey: The Supply, Production, and Distribution of Malt and Beer
Chapter 12: Procurement from Developing Countries
Chapter 13: Innovative Logistics in Extreme Conditions: The Case of Health-Care Delivery in Gambia
Chapter 14: Comparative Analysis of Air Freight Networks in Regional Markets Around the Globe
Chapter 15: Business Models and Network Design in Hinterland Transport
Chapter 16: Cross-Border Issues and Research
Chapter 17: On the Relationships Among Facility Location, Transportation Mode Selection and Material Flow Costs in Global Supply Chain
Chapter 18: Humanitarian Logistics: Advanced Chapter 19: Purchasing and Pre-positioning of Relief Items
Chapter 19: Logistics-Intensive Clusters: Global Competitiveness and Regional Growth
Chapter 20: Proactive Order Consolidation in Global Sourcing
Chapter 21: The Future