"... a well structured and documented book that certainly reflects the new era of logistics." Journal of the Operational Research Society (of a previous edition) Expanded edition includes new research results and numerous modifications...

This book summarizes a set of lectures given at U.C. Berkeley in the Fall of 2001, highlighting the connection between traffic flow, queuing systems and supply chains. The book unveils the root causes of the "bullwhip" effect; i.e, where...

This book examines logistics systems in an integrated way. Its goal is to describe and show how to find rational structures for logistics systems considering all the relevant aspects. Building on an understanding of the simplest...