Logistics Management and Strategy: Competing through the Supply Chain, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (7 August 2025) © 2026

  • Heather Skipworth University of Cranfield
  • Remko Van Hoek The Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • James Aitken University of Surrey
  • Alan Harrison Cranfield School of Management
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Table of contents

Part One: COMPETING THROUGH LOGISTICS

  1. Logistics and the supply chain
  2. Putting the end-customer first
  3. Value and logistics costs

Part Two: LEVERAGING LOGISTICS OPERATIONS

  1. Supply chain risk and resilience
  2. Managing the lead-time frontier
  3. Supply chain planning and control
  4. Lean thinking and agile supply chains

Part Three: WORKING TOGETHER

  1. Integrating the supply chain
  2. Sourcing and procurement

Part Four: CHANGING THE FUTURE

  1. Logistics future challenges and opportunities

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