Description

About the Book

The integrated globalization of economic activity has been one of the most crucial and challenging development that is having a great impact on logistics and transportation industries of developed and developing countries. The global logistics and transportation has increased its importance to satisfying the ever changing customer demand in terms of variety, accessibility and availability. This book is limited to the essential activities within the functional areas of logistics and transportation. It focuses on the design and planning issues in logistics. The purpose of this book is to present some of the common practice of logistics and transportation used in global and regional level. The book is very comprehensive study using almost all the element of transportation and logistics managementin two parts. First part elucidates global transportation system and logistics management has in six chapters and second part enlightens logistics and transportation in Asian perspective in next five chapters. The fact and findings which have given in this book is purely authenticated and tested by author.  It is a practical book of transportation and logistics provides an overview of key elements of corporate logistics. 

About the Author

Adam Musgrave is currently Course Leader for the M.A. Responsible Events and is actively involved in the development of the new M.Sc. Distance Learning Programme and the undergraduate programme for the UK Centre for Event Management, London. Before moving into education he had a successful career in hotel and consultancy management for a range of national and international companies, where he gained much of his strategic planning experience and developed his skills in training.