TY - BOOK AU - Ghiani, Gianpaolo AU - Laporte, Gilbert AU - Musmanno, Roberto TI - Introduction to logistics systems management SN - 9781119943389 U1 - 658.5 GHI PY - 2013/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Business logistics KW - Materials handling KW - Materials management KW - TECHNOLOGY &? ENGINEERING -? Quality Control N1 - Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra; the two cultures; Materials management; ch. 3 Competitive Commerce; ch. 4 The New Century; ch. 5 The Dragon Slain; ch. 6 The Oil Wars: The Rise of Royal Dutch, the Fall of Imperial Russia; ch. 7 "Beer and Skittles" in Persia; ch. 8 The Fateful Plunge; ch. 9 The Blood of Victory: World War I; ch. 10 Opening the Door on the Middle East: The Turkish Petroleum Company; ch. 11 From Shortage to Surplus: The Age of Gasoline; ch. 12 "The Fight for New Production"; ch. 13 The Flood; ch. 14 Friends; pt. III WAR AND STRATEGY; pt. III WAR AND STRATEGY; ch. 16 Japan's Road to War; ch. 17 Germany's Formula for War N2 - Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control presents a self contained introduction to the quantitative methods necessary for logistics systems management at a level suitable for students of engineering, computer science and management science. ER -