Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management and Logistics.
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction-About This Book -- Chapter 2: Technology Trends in Logistics and Supply Chain Management -- Chapter 3: The Science of Inventory Optimization: Profit Optimally Managing Change and Variability in the Supply Chain -- Chapter 4: The Demand Prediction of Location-Dependent Services -- Chapter 5: Supply Chain Education: Are University Courses Providing the Background That Companies Want for New Employees? -- Chapter 6: An Agent-Based Supply Chain and Freight Transportation Model: Case Study for Chicago Metropolitan Area -- Chapter 7: Kaplan-Meier Estimators for Single Product Demand Using Inventory Level Time-Series -- Chapter 8: Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Transportation: An Analysis of Alternatives -- About the Authors -- Index -- Adpage -- Back Cover.