Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material‎,‎ service‎,‎ information and capital flows‎.‎ Logistic systems have received considerable attention in the last 10 years‎,‎ as they constitute one of the cornerstones in the design and control of production systems and the modeling of supply chains‎.‎ This renewed interest is partly due to the recognition that well‎-known planning and control systems such as ‎'‎Manufacturing Resources Planning‎'‎ and ‎'‎Just in Time‎'‎ systems fail to establish a sound integration of lead time management‎,‎ capacity planning and quality considerations‎.‎This book uniquely presents a balanced treatment of quantitative methods for logistics systems planning‎,‎ organization and control‎.‎ Each topic is illustrated with real examples‎.‎ Each chapter features an annotated bibliography of key references‎.‎ It features a number of case studies that show how the methods can be applied to complex logistics problems‎.‎ It assumes only a basic knowledge of operations research‎.‎ It is supported by a Website featuring exercises and teaching material‎.‎ It is a unique‎,‎ leading edge title for researchers‎,‎ practitioners‎,‎ and students of logistics and supply chain management‎,‎ in both academia‎;‎ engineering‎,‎ computer science‎,‎ management science‎,‎ undergraduate‎,‎ graduate students and industry professionals‎.‎