This text attempts to bolster traditional logistics courses and invigorate supply chain management courses by examining traditional logistics issues within the context of the supply chain. This text provides a solid foundation that clearly describes the role of logistics within the supply chain, portraying a complete view of the subject and going further to show how all the pieces fit together. The book features: coverage of the contemporary technology in this industry such as Information Networks, Enterprise Resource Planning and Decision Support Systems; the MSU Loga Simulation which stresses a complete range of supply chain decisions, allowing the students to become familiar, in a practical way, with all stages of supply chain decisions that they will meet as practitioners; and a realistic and thorough understanding of both procurement and distribution issues with equal balance.
