Distribution Logistics Advanced Solutions to Practical Problems
The complexity of distribution systems is augmented by various trends: globalization of the manufacturing industry, rising customer demands, and the reverse flows within closed-loop systems. In this light, the need for ‘advanced’ planning methods that are
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B. Fleischmann A. Klose (Eds.)
Distribution Logistics Advanced Solutions to Practical Problems
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Editors Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleischmann University of Augsburg Department of Production and Logistics UniversitatsstraBe 16 86159 Augsburg, Germany Priv.-Doz. Dr. Andreas Klose University of St. Gallen BodanstraBe 6 9000 St.Gallen, Switzerland
Library of Congress Control Number: 2004107326
ISSN 0075-8442 ISBN 978-3-540-22100-5
ISBN 978-3-642-17020-1 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17020-1
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Editorial
This book is the fourth volume on applied research in Distribution Logistics that results from the work of a group of mainly European researchers meeting regularly at the "IWDL" (International Workshop on Distribution Logistics). The book contains a selection of research papers, some of which have been presented at the IWDL 7 in Grainau, Germany, in October 2002. It continues the tradition of the previous volumes, all appeared as Springer Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems (no. 460, 1998; no. 480, 1999; no. 519, 2002), which have found a favourable acceptance by the logistics community. Recently, the second volume has appeared in a Chinese translation. Distribution Logistics make up a major part of Supply Chain Management and concern all flows of goods and information between the production sites and the customers. Various trends contribute to a considerable increase in complexity of distribution systems, such as the globalization of the business of most manufacturers and the increasing dynamics of the customer demands. It is therefore not surprising, that the interest in "advanced" planning methods, based on quantitative optimization, increases in practice, in particular for the design of distribution systems and the control of the various interrelated transportation and warehousing processes. This development is favoured by the advances in the information and communication technol
