Description
Logistics and Supply Chain Management has been a vital part of every economy and every business entity. Both sciences have become prestigious research fields focusing on best practices, concepts, and methods.
Outsourcing Management for Supply Chain Operations and Logistics Services is concentrated on the key players of the outsourcing paradigm; the organizations that provide logistics services, the Third Party Logistics (3PL’s), as well as their clients, presenting and promoting the lessons learned by their cooperation. Specifically, this publication presents studies which are relevant to practitioners, researchers, students, and clients of the application of the Outsourcing practice on the Logistics and Supply Chain Management services giving emphasis to 3PL’s.
Reviews and Testimonials
Logistics and supply chain management has been an important part of all economies and business, and both sciences have become well-regarded areas of research over the past few years. The studies and discussions in the book, and the focus on the major players involved in logistics outsourcing to outside companies, are intended to analyze logistics outsourcing services from the perspective of providers and their clients, promote best practices, offer final results of research on the deployment of outsourcing practice, define industry trends, and define outsourcing and its primary parameters.
– Book News Inc. Portland, OR
Author's/Editor's Biography
Dimitris Folinas (Ed.)
Dimitrios Folinas holds a Ph.D. in e-Logistics from the Department of Applied Informatics, University of Macedonia, Greece and is an expert in e-logistics, e-supply chain, logistics information systems, and virtual organisations. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Logistics of ATEI-TH. and has held various teaching posts with the ATEI-TH., and University of Macedonia. He is the author and co-author of over 120 research publications and as a researcher he has prepared, submitted, and managed a number of projects funded by National and European Union research entities.