Ignorar la necesidad de innovar, es negarse a crecer, es no querer sustituir el concepto de negocio por Empresa, es venderse al presente olvidando el futuro. El objetivo de esta publicación, es transmitir una experiencia vivida durante muchos años en el campo del análisis, diagnóstico y desarrollo de nuevos proyectos logísticos, buscando mejorar la efectividad en las empresas. Una guía práctica que le ayudará a conocer la metodología a seguir apra mejorar la infraestructura y gestión operativa para aproximarse a la denominada Excelencia Logística. Los autores: Julio Anaya, con más de treinta años de experiencia en el campo de la Organización y Consultoría Logística, actualmente es consejero de Téciman y profesor de ESIC. Sonia Polanco es consultora senior de Téciman Internacional. Índice: Parte I: Contenido y filosofía de la logística integral.- La complejidad del entorno empresarial.- La cadena de suministro y la cadena logística.- Filosofía de la gestión integrada de la cadena.- El papel de la informática en el desarrollo logístico de la empresa.- La excelencia logística.- Parte II: Del diagnósitco logístico al plan estratégico de mejora.- ¿Por qué un diagnóstico logístico?.- Técnicas y métodos aplicables al análisis.- Etapas previas para un diagnóstico logístico.- Análisis de la situación logística.- Cómo afrontar un plan de mejora logística.- Ejemplos de acta, lista de control, formularios.- Glosario de terminología logística.

This volume contains a selection of the best papers presented at the 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management, XX International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, and International IIE Conference 2014, hosted by ADINGOR, ABEPRO and the IIE, whose mission is to promote links between researchers and practitioners from different branches, to enhance an interdisciplinary perspective of industrial engineering and management. The conference topics covered: operations research, modelling and simulation, computer and information systems, operations research, scheduling and sequencing, logistics, production and information systems, supply chain and logistics, transportation, lean management, production planning and control, production system design, reliability and maintenance, quality management, sustainability and eco-efficiency, marketing and consumer behavior, business administration and strategic management, economic and financial management, technological and organizational innovation, strategy and entrepreneurship, economics engineering, enterprise engineering, global operations and cultural factors, operations strategy and performance, management social responsibility, environment and sustainability. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners working in any of the fields mentioned above.

"This book is an insightful, well-balanced, stimulating SCM Strategy book that clearly tells managers, consultants, as well as educators that the SCM concept is not a fad but a must strategy to gain competitive advantage in today′s dynamic global market place. There are three major strengths. First, it is an unprecedented interdisciplinary SCM strategy book that explains how companies obtain, maintain, and even enhance competitive advantages based upon a well-laid SCM strategy. Second, it provides readers a unique, well-balanced framework for SCM strategy formulation. Third, it is a valuable contribution in the area of SCM in that it does a good job in explaining such a complicated SCM strategy to readers in such a simple manner." —Soonhong (Hong) Min, University of Oklahoma Author of the bestselling text Supply Chain Management, John T. Mentzer′s companion book Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management: Twelve Drivers of Competitive Advantage has been developed as a supplemental text for any course dealing with strategy and supply chains. Written in an entertaining, accessible style, Mentzer identifies twelve drivers of competitive advantage as clear strategic points managers can use in their companies. Research from more than 400 books, articles, and papers, as well as interviews with over fifty executives in major global companies, inform these twelve drivers. The roles of all of the traditional business functions—marketing, sales, logistics, information systems, finance, customer services, and management—in supply chain management are also addressed. Complete with cases and real-world examples from corporations around the world, the book′s exemplars will help students and practicing managers to more effectively understand, implement, and manage supply chains successfully.

This book examines common tasks performed by business analysts and helps the reader navigate the wealth of information in R and its 4000 packages to create useful analytics applications. Includes interviews with corporate users of R, and easy-to-use examples.

This book presents the latest developments concerning techniques, tools, and methodologies in supply chain ecosystems. It gathers contributions from a variety of experts, who analyze a range of case studies and industrial sectors such as manufacturing, energy, agricultural, healthcare, humanitarian logistics, and urban goods distribution, to name but a few. The book is chiefly intended to meet the needs of two sectors: firstly, the academic sector, so as to familiarize students, professors, and researchers with the tools that are now being used to optimize supply chains; and secondly, the industrial and managerial sector, so that supply chain management practitioners can benefit from methods and tools that are yielding valuable results in other contexts.