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Logistics is a $700 billion industry in the USA and is the second largest employer of college graduates. Logistics costs account for nearly 30% of the sales dollar, and logistics activities are essential to satisfying the ever- changing customer demand in terms of variety and availability. Today the need for cutting edge, sophisticated logistics practices has never been greater. This unique text is squarely focused on the key activities within the functional areas of logistics and transportation, with emphasis placed on the quantitative treatment of the design and planning issues in logistics. In scope, Logistics and Transportation comprehensively covers almost all the elements of the supply chain. Moreover, it includes a number of topics that are generally not covered by most popular logistics texts. These include functional areas such as: vendor selection, inventory models with inventory costs, advanced transportation models, logistics metrics, and latest trends in logistics. The text is primarily designed for use in the classroom by senior undergraduate and graduate-level students. It is also a useful resource for practicing transportation and logistics professionals. Readers will appreciate the references for recommended further reading, related training aids and problem sets given at the end of each chapter, as well as the two comprehensive logistics cases presented at the end of the text.

Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Production management. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Information technology. --- Business—Data processing. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Operations Management. --- Mechanical Engineering. --- IT in Business. --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Manufacturing management --- Industrial management --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Business logistics. --- Supply chain management --- Logistics

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The phenomenon of international seaport administration is the subject of this book. As a Ph.D.-student at the Delft University of Technology (period 1993 - 1997) I had the opportunity to develop and exercise my hobby on a full time base. The result was a Ph.D.-dissertation which was defended in December 1997. Unfortunately, these research results were published in Dutch while the majority of the interviewees and employees in the world of international seaport administration are English speaking people. Both for the reason of high international relevance of the results I felt the necessity to get this Ph.D.-research translated and published in English. With the excellent help of my promotor Prof.dr. W.G.M. Salet I found Prof.dr. H. van der Wusten prepared to cover this study on international seaport administration in the Kluwer GeoJournal Library series. I thank Mr. Van der Wusten for giving me this opportunity. But also due to the outstanding help of my current employer 'Zeeland Seaports Authority' the funding for the translation became very quickly possible. I thank the Managing Director of Zeeland Seaports Authority, Mr. J.M.H.G. Philippen, and the Commercial Director, Capt. J. Verkiel, for their interest and wonderful help in getting this study translated. And of course my sincere thanks go to Katy Owen who actually made this dream come true.

Harbors --- Management --- Sea transport. Seaports --- Geography. --- Business. --- Management science. --- Management. --- Economic geography. --- International economics. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Economic Geography. --- Business and Management, general. --- International Economics. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Case studies --- Harbors - Case studies. --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Economic policy, Foreign --- Economic relations, Foreign --- Economics, International --- Foreign economic policy --- Foreign economic relations --- Interdependence of nations --- International economic policy --- International economics --- New international economic order --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Economic sanctions --- Quantitative business analysis --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Trade --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Anchorages (Harbors) --- Harbours --- Ports --- Seaports --- Channels (Hydraulic engineering) --- Hydraulic structures --- Terminals (Transportation)

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This book demonstrates the state of the art in the use of information systems and modelling methods in different spatial/geographical planning contexts. It provides a review of developments in the 1990s and detailed insights into the current application of geographical information technology in urban, physical, environmental and socio-economic planning. Important advances in the use of the Internet for access to data and to GIS for planning are also considered. Perspectives are provided by a wide range of contributors from academia, planning practice and the business world.

Geographic information systems --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Geography --- Geografie --- Geografische Informatie Systemen --- Toepassingen. --- Geography. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Geography, general. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Landscape protection --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Government policy --- Management --- Automatic data storage --- Automatic information retrieval --- Automation in documentation --- Computer-based information systems --- Data processing systems --- Data storage and retrieval systems --- Discovery systems, Information --- Information discovery systems --- Information processing systems --- Information retrieval systems --- Machine data storage and retrieval --- Mechanized information storage and retrieval systems --- Computer systems --- Electronic information resources --- Data centers --- Digital libraries --- Information organization --- Information retrieval --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems)

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Telecommunications - central to our daily lives - continues to change dramatically. These changes are the result of technological advances, deregulation, the proliferation of broadband service offers, and the spectacular popularity of the Internet and wireless services. In such a dynamic technological and economic environment, competition is increasing among service providers and among equipment manufacturers. Consequently, optimization of the planning process is becoming essential. Although telecommunications network planning has been tackled by the Operations Research community for some time, many fundamental problems remain challenging. Through its fourteen chapters, this book covers some new and some still challenging older problems which arise in the planning of telecommunication networks. Telecommunications Network Planning will benefit both telecommunications practitioners looking for efficient methods to solve their problems and operations researchers interested in telecommunications. The book examines network design and dimensioning problems; it explores Operation Research issues related to a new standard Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM); it overviews problems that arise when designing survivable SDH/SONET Networks; it considers some broadband network problems; and it concludes with three chapters on wireless and mobile networks. Leading area researchers have contributed their recent research on the telecommunications and network topics treated in the volume.

Telecommunication systems --- Planning. --- Management. --- Electrical engineering. --- Business. --- Management science. --- Information technology. --- Business—Data processing. --- Computer communication systems. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Business and Management, general. --- IT in Business. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- Spatial economics --- Economics --- Regional economics --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Electronic data processing --- Network computers --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Quantitative business analysis --- Management --- Problem solving --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Trade --- Commerce --- Industrial management --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Administration --- Industrial relations --- Organization --- Distributed processing --- Telecommunication systems - Planning.