Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 4th Edition

Logistics & Supply

Chain Management

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Logistics & Supply

Chain Management

Fourth Edition

Logistics & Supply

Chain Management

Fourth Edition

M A R T I N C H R I S T O P H E R

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First published in Great Britain in 1992

Second edition 1998

Third edition 2005

Fourth edition 2011

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ISBN: 978-0-273-73112-2

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Christopher, Martin.

Logistics and supply chain management : creating value-adding networks / Martin

Christopher. -- 4th ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-273-73112-2 (pbk.)

1. Business logistics--Cost effectiveness. 2. Delivery of goods--Management. I.

Title.

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2010033709

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