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Logistics Engineering & Management

Author: Benjamin Blanchard

An authoritative exploration of logistics management within the engineering design and development process, this book concentrates on the design, sustaining maintenance and support of systems. Deals with “logistics” from a total systems/life cycle perspective and includes those activities associated with the determination of requirements, the design, development, production, utilization, sustaining maintenance and support, and retirement of systems. Emphasizes the importance of addressing logistics in the early phases of the system life cycle, including: design engineering aspects and design of systems for supportability.

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A textbook for a course the graduate or undergraduate level, and a resource for practicing professions. Approaches the procurement, flow, transportation, warehousing, and distribution of material from a systems perspective that can be applied in commercial or military contexts and to nearly any category of system, including communications, chemical processing, and electrical power distribution. Includes considerable more material than the previous editions, 1974-1992 to emphasize systems and expand coverage of the life cycle to include system retirement and material disposal. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
1	Introduction to Logistics	1
2	Measures of Logistics	36
3	System Engineering Process	97
4	Supportability Analysis (SA)	160
5	Logistics in the Design and Development Phase	228
6	Logistics in the Production/Construction Phase	294
7	Logistics in the Utilization and Support Phase	325
8	Logistics in the System Retirement, Material Recycling, and Disposal Phase	347
9	Logistics Management	352
App. A	System Design Review Checklist	418
App. B	Supplier Evaluation Checklist	433
App. C	Maintenance Task Analysis (MTA)	440
App. D	Analytical Models/Tools	464
App. E	Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA)	476
App. F	Selected Interest Tables	495
App. G	Normal Distribution Tables	503
	App. H: Selected Bibliography	506
	Index	517

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This book combines management principles and techniques with technical/engineering issues in a single volume. Organizes content around the ten Foundations of World Class Practice that must be followed to reach World Class Status. Topics include goals and objectives, metrics, management's personal commitment, employee involvement, etc. A book useful for managers and management trainees.