Dr Patrick Jonsson is professor in supply chain management at Chalmers University of Technology. He holds a PhD in production management from Lund University and is CFPIM and CSCP certified through APICS. At Chalmers he is currently Head of the PhD programme at the Department of Technology Management and Economics and lecturers in master’s and executive training programmes in Supply Chain Management. He has during the last 15 years co-ordinated and taught numerous logistics and supply chain management courses and programmes at Växjö University and Chalmers University of Technology and in executive and further education programmes for people working in industry. His research which mainly has dealt with manufacturing planning and control, information systems, supplier structures and relations, outsourcing and performance management in supply chains has been published in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. He is currently on the editorial advisory boards of logistics and business journals.

• Part One: The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Disciplines Chapter One: Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management Chapter Two: The Logistics SystemChapter Three: The Material FlowPart Two: Logistics and Supply Chain Goals and PerformanceChapter Four: Customer ServiceChapter Five: Logistics Costs and Tied-Up CapitalChapter Six: Environmental Aspects of LogisticsPart Three: Logistics and Supply Chain StructuresChapter Seven: Products in the Logistics SystemChapter Eight: Material Supply StructuresChapter Nine: Production Processes and LayoutsChapter Ten: Distribution StructuresPart Four: Planning and Control of Logistics and Supply Chain SystemsChapter Eleven: Demand ManagementChapter Twelve: Materials ManagementChapter Thirteen: Manufacturing Planning and ControlChapter Fourteen: Transport PlanningChapter Fifteen: The Procurement ProcessPart Five: Supply Chain, IT and Improvement Aspects of LogisticsChapter Sixteen: Emerging Practices in Supply Chain ManagementChapter Seventeen: Information Systems for Logistics and Supply Chain ManagementAppendicesAppendix A: ABC AnalysisAppendix B: Incremental Inventory Carrying CostsAppendix C: Derivation of the formula for economic order quantity (EOQ)Appendix D: Normal Distribution FunctionAppendix E: Service Loss FunctionAppendix F: Exercises: Solutions to Problems

Dr Patrick Jonsson is professor in supply chain management at Chalmers University of Technology. He holds a PhD in production management from Lund University and is CFPIM and CSCP certified through APICS. At Chalmers he is currently Head of the PhD programme at the Department of Technology Management and Economics and lecturers in master’s and executive training programmes in Supply Chain Management. He has during the last 15 years co-ordinated and taught numerous logistics and supply chain management courses and programmes at Växjö University and Chalmers University of Technology and in executive and further education programmes for people working in industry. His research which mainly has dealt with manufacturing planning and control, information systems, supplier structures and relations, outsourcing and performance management in supply chains has been published in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. He is currently on the editorial advisory boards of logistics and business journals.

• Part One: The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Disciplines Chapter One: Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management Chapter Two: The Logistics SystemChapter Three: The Material FlowPart Two: Logistics and Supply Chain Goals and PerformanceChapter Four: Customer ServiceChapter Five: Logistics Costs and Tied-Up CapitalChapter Six: Environmental Aspects of LogisticsPart Three: Logistics and Supply Chain StructuresChapter Seven: Products in the Logistics SystemChapter Eight: Material Supply StructuresChapter Nine: Production Processes and LayoutsChapter Ten: Distribution StructuresPart Four: Planning and Control of Logistics and Supply Chain SystemsChapter Eleven: Demand ManagementChapter Twelve: Materials ManagementChapter Thirteen: Manufacturing Planning and ControlChapter Fourteen: Transport PlanningChapter Fifteen: The Procurement ProcessPart Five: Supply Chain, IT and Improvement Aspects of LogisticsChapter Sixteen: Emerging Practices in Supply Chain ManagementChapter Seventeen: Information Systems for Logistics and Supply Chain ManagementAppendicesAppendix A: ABC AnalysisAppendix B: Incremental Inventory Carrying CostsAppendix C: Derivation of the formula for economic order quantity (EOQ)Appendix D: Normal Distribution FunctionAppendix E: Service Loss FunctionAppendix F: Exercises: Solutions to Problems

Dr Patrick Jonsson is professor in supply chain management at Chalmers University of Technology. He holds a PhD in production management from Lund University and is CFPIM and CSCP certified through APICS. At Chalmers he is currently Head of the PhD programme at the Department of Technology Management and Economics and lecturers in master’s and executive training programmes in Supply Chain Management. He has during the last 15 years co-ordinated and taught numerous logistics and supply chain management courses and programmes at Växjö University and Chalmers University of Technology and in executive and further education programmes for people working in industry. His research which mainly has dealt with manufacturing planning and control, information systems, supplier structures and relations, outsourcing and performance management in supply chains has been published in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. He is currently on the editorial advisory boards of logistics and business journals.

• Part One: The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Disciplines Chapter One: Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management Chapter Two: The Logistics SystemChapter Three: The Material FlowPart Two: Logistics and Supply Chain Goals and PerformanceChapter Four: Customer ServiceChapter Five: Logistics Costs and Tied-Up CapitalChapter Six: Environmental Aspects of LogisticsPart Three: Logistics and Supply Chain StructuresChapter Seven: Products in the Logistics SystemChapter Eight: Material Supply StructuresChapter Nine: Production Processes and LayoutsChapter Ten: Distribution StructuresPart Four: Planning and Control of Logistics and Supply Chain SystemsChapter Eleven: Demand ManagementChapter Twelve: Materials ManagementChapter Thirteen: Manufacturing Planning and ControlChapter Fourteen: Transport PlanningChapter Fifteen: The Procurement ProcessPart Five: Supply Chain, IT and Improvement Aspects of LogisticsChapter Sixteen: Emerging Practices in Supply Chain ManagementChapter Seventeen: Information Systems for Logistics and Supply Chain ManagementAppendicesAppendix A: ABC AnalysisAppendix B: Incremental Inventory Carrying CostsAppendix C: Derivation of the formula for economic order quantity (EOQ)Appendix D: Normal Distribution FunctionAppendix E: Service Loss FunctionAppendix F: Exercises: Solutions to Problems