Strategic Logistics Management

<p><b>Logistics and Supply Chain Management students will gain a fundamental understanding of how to manage logistics strategically with this new textbook.</b> <p/>Going outside the traditional logistics and supply chain management domain <b><i>Strategic Logistics Management</i></b> applies strategic management theories to further understand the role and relevance logistics management plays in many companies' sustainable competitive advantage. <p/>This textbook offers new insights to understanding and managing logistics management and provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection between strategic management perspectives such as market positioning and dynamic capabilities and logistics and supply chain management practices. It presents a useful ground and new arguments for how to understand the role logistics management when strategizing providing the reader with the necessary knowledge to understand and analyse this as a role. <p/>Throughout this text illustrates the major managerial themes relevant to contemporary logistics management contexts such as: <br>- logistics development<br>- paradoxes<br>- supply chain resilience<br>- logistics-based business models<br>- circular supply chains <p/>This informative text is supported by a range of features including chapter outlines chapter summaries as well as discussion and study questions at the end of each chapter to aid development. There are also international real-world examples from companies such as Lidl Apple and H&M. <p/><i><b>Strategic Logistics Management</b></i> is an essential resource for postgraduate level students on Logistics and Supply Chain Management degrees and courses. Online resources include lecturer slides an lecturers' manual and additional comments on the study questions.</p>