Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global Logistics Management focuses on the evolution of logistics in the last two decades, and highlights recent developments from a worldwide perspective. The book details a wide range of application-oriented studies, from metropolitan bus routing problems to relief logistics, and introduces the state of the art on some classical applications. The book addresses typical logistic problems, most specifically the vehicle routing problem (VRP), followed by a series of analyses and discussions on various logistics problems plaguing airline and marine systems.

The text addresses problems encountered in continuous space, and discusses the issue of consolidation, scheduling, and replenishment decisions together with routing. It proposes a methodology that supports decision making at a tactical and operational level associated with daily inventory management, and also examines the three-echelon logistic network.

Chapter 1. Daily planning for three-echelon logistics associated with inventory management under demand deviation / Yoshiaki Shimizu -- chapter 2. New local search algorithm for vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickup and delivery / Mustafa Avci and Şeyda Topaloğlu -- chapter 3. Optimal fencing in airline industry with demand leakage / Syed Asif Raza and Mihaela Turiac -- chapter 4. Bi-objective berth-crane allocation problem in container terminals / Deniz Ozdemir and Evrium Ursavas -- chapter 5. Route selection problem in the Arctic region for the global logistics industry / Bekir Sahin -- chapter 6. Route design in a pharmaceutical warehouse via mathematical programming / Zeynel Sirma, Aysun Akiş, Zeynep Yalçin, and Fadime Üney-Yüksektepe -- chapter 7. Integrated decision model for medical supplier evaluation / Mehtap Dursun, Zeynep Sener, and E. Ertugrul Karsak -- chapter 8. Arc selection and routing for restoration of network connectivity after a disaster / Ayşe Nur Asaly and F. Sibel Salman -- chapter 9. Feasibility study of shuttle services to reduce bus congestion in downtown Izmir / Erdinç Öner, Mahmut Aligökçe, Hande Çakin, Aylin Çalişkan, Ezgi Kinaci, Gürkan Mercan, Ezel Ilkyaz, and Beril Sözer -- chapter 10. Relocation of the power transmission and distribution division of a multinational electronics and electrical engineering company / Mesut Kumru -- chapter 11. Location problems with demand regions / Derya Dinler, Mustafa Kemal Tural, and Cem Iyigün -- chapter 12. A new approach for synchronizing production and distribution scheduling : case study / E. Ghorbani-Totkaleh, M. Amin Nayeri, and M. Sheikh Sajadieh -- chapter 13. An integrated replenishment and transportation model : computational performance assessment / Ramez Kian, Emre Berk, and Ülkü Gürler.