Global Logistics Management

Bahar Y. Kara is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at Bilkent University. Dr. Kara earned an MS and a PhD from Bilkent University Industrial Engineering Department. Dr. Kara was elected as an associate member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences in 2012, and has received numerous awards. She has been acting as a reviewer for the top research journals within her field. Her current research interests include distribution logistics, humanitarian logistics, hub location and hub network design, and hazardous material logistics. Ihsan Sabuncuoglu earned his BS and MS in industrial engineering from the Middle East Technical University in 1982 and 1984, respectively. He received his PhD in industrial engineering from Wichita State University in 1990. He is currently the rector of Abdullah Gul University. In addition to publishing more than a hundred papers in international journals and conference proceedings, Prof. Sabuncuoğlu has also edited two books. Bopaya Bidanda is a professor and chairman in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He has published five books and more than a hundred papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He received the 2012 John Imhoff Award for Global Excellence in Industrial Engineering given by the American Society for Engineering Education, the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEE S) 2012 Award for Global Excellence in Engineering Education in Buenos Aires, the 2013 Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award given by the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and the 2014 Chancellors Distinguished Public Service Award.

• Daily Planning for Three-Echelon Logistics Associated with Inventory Management under Demand Deviation. New Local Search Algorithm for Vehicle Routing Problem with Simultaneous Pickup and Delivery. Optimal Fencing in Airline Industry with Demand Leakage. Bi-Objective Berth–Crane Allocation Problem in Container Terminals. Route Selection Problem in the Arctic Region for the Global Logistics Industry. Route Design in a Pharmaceutical Warehouse via Mathematical Programming. Integrated Decision Model for Medical Supplier Evaluation. Arc Selection and Routing for Restoration of Network Connectivity after a Disaster. Feasibility Study of Shuttle Services to Reduce Bus Congestion in Downtown Izmir. Relocation of the Power Transmission and Distribution Division of a Multinational Electronics and Electrical Engineering Company. Location Problems with Demand Regions. A New Approach for Synchronizing Production and Distribution Scheduling: Case Study. An Integrated Replenishment and Transportation Model: Computational Performance Assessment. Author Index. Subject Index.

"The editors have done a great job of covering a very broad area of research with their selection of topics. The selection includes traditional topics, such as a review of the state of the art in location selection models, as well as contemporary ones, such as logistics in the face of global warming, models in healthcare, and disaster management applications. The topics...are relevant and interesting, well written, technically sound, and constitute significant contributions to the area of logistics. The topics collectively emphasize the importance of simultaneous consideration of multiple aspects of logistics problems together (e.g., tactical and operational, distribution and inventory, here-and-how and wait-and-see decisions), which is a major and relatively recent trend that researchers as well as practitioners should be aware of. The book communicates this important message. Each one of several application-oriented chapters could easily be used as case studies in graduate-level applied operations research or in a logistics course."--Suleyman Karabuk, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA"I like the depth and rigour of material presented … well written and contain up-to-date references."—Rajesh Piplani, Nanyang Tech. University, Singapore