Contemporary Operations and Logistics

Peter Wells is Professor of Business and Sustainability and Head of Logistics and Operations Management at Cardiff Business School, UK. He has vast experience of research into the global automotive industry, around which he has developed his academic and theoretic interests in socio-technical transitions, business models, cultures of automobility and sustainability.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Project Management for Effective Operations Management.- Chapter 3: The Foundations of Sustainability and the Implications for Transport Modes.- Chapter 4: Business Model Innovation at the Interface between Global Production Systems and Local Demand.- Chapter 5: 3D Printing for Supply Chain Service Companies.- Chapter 6: Zero-Carbon Logistics.- Chapter 7: Vehicle Routing Problem: Past and Future.- Chapter 8: Dynamical Modelling in Operations Management.- Chapter 9: Systems Thinking, Engineering and Dynamics in Modern Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 10: Green Supply Chain Management in Asian Emerging Economies: A State-of-the-Art Review.- Chapter 11: Effective Supply Chain Collaboration.- Chapter 12: Strategic Choices in Creating Resilient Supply Networks.- Chapter 13: Horizontal Logistics Collaboration – An International Retail Supply Chain Case Study.- Chapter 14: Shipping Economics: Status and Future Prospects.- Chapter 15: A Contextual History of Port Research at Cardiff University.- Chapter 16: Retail Clothing Returns: A Review of Key Issues.- Chapter 17: Lean Readiness Index: Assessing Organisation Preparedness to Implement Lean.- Chapter 18: Humanitarian Aid Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 19: Developing a Profitable Online Grocery Logistics Business: Exploring Innovations in Ordering, Fulfilment and Distribution at Ocado.