Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector

Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector, Second Edition thoroughly examines the world of transportation as it relates to public procurement, stressing the importance of not only procuring the right goods, materials, and services, but also ensuring their proper delivery to their final destination. Designed to educate the public procurement professional on ways to realize enhanced cost savings, it offers an introduction to the history of transportation, as well as industry terminology and accepted practices. Authors Darin Matthews and Linda Stanley explore recent transportation industry evolutions, including the development of important technologies like package tracing, delivery notification, and drone delivery, and ways to successfully integrate this technology. Sustainability in transportation--including product packaging, material reuse, and reduced emissions for delivery vehicles-- is likewise examined. Through the use of case studies and transportation industry resources, Managing Logistics and Transportation in the Public Sector, Second Edition offers a complete package for professionals looking to enhance their knowledge of logistics and transportation, as well as for university courses on transportation, supply chain management, and public procurement.

Darin Matthews is the chief procurement officer for Cal Poly University. He has over 30 years of procurement and supply management experience in local government, higher education and the private sector. Darin has served as adjunct faculty for University of California, Portland State University, and Florida Atlantic University. His articles on procurement have been featured in Government Procurement, Journal of Public Procurement, and International Handbook of Public Procurement. Darin’s books include Effective Supply Management Performance (with Dr. Linda Stanley), Warehousing and Inventory Control (with Dr. Jerry Giankis), and Public Procurement (with Dr. Alexandru Roman).

Linda L. Stanley is an author and retired professor. She was a Faculty Associate for 14 years at Arizona State University, USA, a Visiting Professor at Arizona State University West and Associate Professor and Chair of the Management Department at Our Lady of the Lake University in Texas, USA. She has taught logistics, strategic procurement, purchasing and supply management, negotiation, and other supply management topics. Linda has been published extensively in several industry journals including Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, and Journal of Business Logistics. She also has two other published books, Process Management, Creating Value along the Supply Chain with Joel Wisner, and Effective Supply Management Performance.