Nowadays the supply chain management framework is improved continuously by new elements like quality or risk management. This affects the inter-organizational management system in a global perspective as well as the design of every single node in a supply chain.This volume, edited by Wolfgang Kersten, Thorsten Blecker and Heike Flämig provides a valuable insight into:- latest findings in the area of global logistics- new concepts for product induced logistics strategies- quality and risk management for logistics and supply chains- the challenge of sustainability- performance and capacity management.With this volume readers will learn how to optimize the management of existing networks in different fields of logistics.