Distribution logistics have been strongly affected by recent economic trends: globalization of markets, deregulation of the European freight traffic, a growing part of just-in-time deliveries and both increased competition and strategic cooperation between all parties involved.

1: Frameworks for Distribution Logistics.- Strategic EuroLogistics Design.- A Roadmap for Joint Supply-Chain Improvement Projects Based on Real-Life Cases.- Design of Freight Traffic Networks.- Strategic Decision Making for Logistics Network Design.- Delivery Service: Expectation, Performances and Costs for a Distributor.- 2: Warehouse Location and Network Design.- A Local Search Heuristic for the Two-Stage Capacitated Facility Location Problem.- Modelling the Distribution Processes of Tour Operator Catalogues.- Obtaining Sharp Lower and Upper Bounds for Two-Stage Capacitated Facility Location Problems.- Parametric Analysis of Fixed Costs in Uncapacitated Facility Location.- Strategic Logistic Planning by Means of Simple Plant Location: A Case Study.- Local Search Heuristics for the Design of Freight Carrier Networks.- 3: Transport Planning and Scheduling.- The Minimization of the Logistic Costs on Sequences of Links with Given Shipping Frequencies.- Using Break Quantities for Tactical Optimisation in Multi-Stage Distribution Systems.- Estimating the Length of Trunk Tours for Environmental and Cost Evaluation of Distribution Systems.- Vehicle Routing and Scheduling for Trunk Haulage.- 4: Operations within the Warehouse.- When to Apply Optimal or Heuristic Routing of Orderpickers.- Centralized versus Decentralized Control of Internal Transport, a Case Study.- 5: Inventory Control and Forecasting.- Transshipments in a Divergent 2-Echelon System.- Reverse Logistics and Inventory Control with Product Remanufacturing.- Forecasting Techniques in Logistics.- Inventory Positioning in a Two-Stage Distribution System with Service Level Constraints.- List of Contributors.

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