The Logistics Transportation Systems textbook provides a one-semester
introduction to the fundamentals of logistics. This text provides an overview
of the basic concepts and mathematics determining operational business
decisions that logistics engineering, systems engineering, and applied science
students will encounter every day when they enter the workforce. This text
will also prove useful to students focused on supply chain management,
operations management, economics, and international business. A basic
knowledge of logistics allows students to balance costs with performance in
their future endeavors. This knowledge base will provide a context for students in the larger world around them, regardless of their specialty.
This text is basically a course resources for a logistics transportation systems or similar course where students can get exposure to the fundamentals of logistics and transportation systems, transportation infrastructures and
equipment, and historical evolution of transportation systems. Engineering
and design aspects are primarily covered for transportation network analysis,
transportation problem formulation and solution, assignment and transshipment problem formulation and solution, and transportation routing. Economic and contemporary aspects are covered for transportation cost analysis, transportation security, and reshoring impact analysis. Business aspects
are covered for logistics customer service, transportation rates and decision
analysis, transportation rules and regulations, and intermodal transportation.
Dr. Jehan, who works for Ford Motor Company, contributed the Automotive
transportation logistics chapter, which presents a real-life case of how automobile logistics works. Following is a synopsis of the 13 chapters covered in this text