Essentials of Logistics et management

The logistician plays a critical role in the growth of his or her company - in this third edition of Essentials of Logistics, the conceptual framework in which all the stakes and themes of logistics is systematically analyzed, with a strong focus on the role of the supply chain.

Indeed, many elements are critical to the successful logistical strategy: customer relation management, interactive information support, production optimization and process development, vision, strategy and operations management, and human resources and resource allocation. Growing out of a successful course given by the International Institute for the Management of Logistics (IML) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), in Lausanne, and by the Ecole des Ponts-ParisTech (ENPC), the purpose of this book is to present a methodology allowing the reader to understand and act based on the critical factors embedded in the design of strategy. Concepts are thus combined with practical examples. Transversal vision and detailed case studies highlight the main themes of modern logistics and daily preoccupations of logisticians.

The book is addressed to all professionals of logistics: managers, planners and engineers; as well as to graduate students specializing in the field.

Prof. Francis-Luc Perret is Director of IML (International Institute for the Management of Logistics) and Dr. Corynne Jaffeux is President of the IML board committee. IML organizes each year in Lausanne since 1993 and in Paris since 1995 a postgraduate course/specialized master program in Management of Logistics Systems.Prof. Francis-Luc Perret is currently Vice-President of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), in charge of Planning and Logistics. He is Professor of Logistics and Management of Technology at EPFL. His research focuses on logistics of technological systems, hospital and care management as well as knowledge and project management within high tech environments.