The Management of Transshipment Terminals : Decision Support for Terminal Operations in Finished Vehicle Supply Chains / by Dirk Christian Mattfeld.

Springer eBooks

Automobile Production and Distribution -- Intermodal Vehicle Transshipment -- Management of Terminal Operations -- Modeling Terminal Operations -- Allocation of Storage Space -- Personnel Deployment -- IT-Integration of Planning.

The Management of Transshipment Terminals: Decision Support for Terminal Operations in Finished Vehicle Supply Chains is a unique treatment of the transshipment operation and processes on the shipment of automobiles from the Bremerhaven harbor, Germany. It is an analytical, theoretical, and practical work that incorporates Network Optimization, Logistics, Distribution, Transportation, and Supply Chain Management into a framework of Information Systems for a comprehensive understanding of the development of transshipment terminals in the global economy. More specifically, the book examines the function of transshipment terminals and how they can be made more effective and efficient. In sum, the book is a novel treatment of a developing area in the global supply chain economy; and as such, it is an illustrated example of the manifestation of elements within the field of Operations Management on the increasing integration of the transportation logistic system.

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