Logistics The Emerging Frontiers of Transportation and Development in China : Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference Of Chinese Logistics and Transportation Professionals July 31-August 3, 2008, Chengdu, China

Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Chinese Logistics and Transportation Professionals, held in Chengdu, China, July 31-August 3, 2008. Sponsored by Southwest Jiantong University; North America China Overseas Transportation Association; the Transportation & Development Institute of ASCE. This collection of 699 papers examines logistics and supply chain management and research in China. Although logistics as an area of study is still in early stages, it is growing rapidly as a component of China's transportation and development research. In these papers, industry professionals discuss their perspectives and analysis in this developing research field. Topics include: transportation and logistic policy and strategy; supply chain and transport operation and management; logistics and transport info rmation and technology; planning methodology and simulation models; infrastructure and equipment; and urbans platform for logistics and public transportation. This proceedings will be valuable to anyone involved in logistics research and the transportation engineering field.