Technological solutions for modern logistics and supply chain management / ZongWei Luo, Editor, ETI The University of Hong Kong.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-366) and index.

Introducing quality of service criteria into supply chain management for excellence -- The development of synergy model on internal and external suppliers for Asian airlines industry -- Building an expert-system for maritime container security risk management -- The 2008 survey of Indian third-party logistics (3PL) service providers : comparisons with the 2004 survey of Indian 3PLs and 2006 survey of North American 3PLs -- Research of supply quality control and optimization under multi-period dynamic game -- A critical assessment of environmental degeneration and climate change : a multidimensional (political, economic, social) challenge for China's future economic development -- Promoting technological environmental innovations : the role of environmental regulation -- Information technology resources virtualization for sustainable development -- The firm boundary decision for sustainability-focused companies -- Study on low-carbon economy model and method of Chinese tourism industry -- A closed-loop logistics model for green supply chain management -- Utilizing SMS/3G networks for better and reliable communications between yard cranes and server -- Towards a unified definition of supply chain management : the four fundamentals -- It-based classification for supply chain coordination mechanisms -- Analyzing the lead time and shipping lot-size in a chaotic supply network -- An empirical investigation on the use of buffers and incentives in non-hierarchical networks -- Dynamic formation of business networks : a framework for "quality of information" based discovery of resources.

"This book highlights theories and technological growth in applied research as well as advances in logistics, supply chains, and industry experiences, enhancing the strides made toward an efficient and sustainable economy"--Provided by publisher.