TY - BOOK AU - Pagano,Anthony M. TI - Contemporary issues in supply chain management and logistics T2 - Supply and operations management collection SN - 9781631573613 U1 - 658.7 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, NY PB - Business Expert, LLC N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction, about this book -- 2. Technology trends in logistics and supply chain management / Matthew Liotine, Anthony M. Pagano, and Siddhartha Varma Gadiraju -- 3. The science of inventory optimization: profit optimally managing change and variability in the supply chain / William E. Stillman -- 4. The demand prediction of location-dependent services / Fazle Karim and Houshang Darabi -- 5. Supply chain education: are university courses providing the background that companies want for new employees? / Mellissa Gyimah -- 6. An agent-based supply chain and freight transportation model: case study for Chicago metropolitan area / Zahra Pourabdollahi, Behzad Karimi, Kouros Mohammadian, and Kazuya Kawamura -- 7. Kaplan-Meier estimators for single product demand using inventory level time-series / J. Christopher Westland -- 8. Public-private partnerships (PPP) in transportation: an analysis of alternatives / Anthony M. Pagano -- About the authors -- Index N2 - This book is a collection of chapters on issues we face today in the world of supply chain management. While there are a number of college textbooks related to specific areas within logistics and supply chain issues, there are very few general supply chain management "trends" books. Contemporary Issues in Supply Chain Management and Logistics consists of seven dynamic, current and informative chapters that cover a variety of cutting-edge supply chain topics of use to both graduate students, and professionals working in the field. The book contains new, original research papers written by academics from the fields of engineering, transportation, marketing, and supply chain management and logistics ER -