The Council of Supply Chain Professionals defines logistics management as:
that part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverses flow and storage of goods, services and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements.
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Mastering the Business of Global Trade: Negotiating Competitive Advantage Contractual Best Practices, Incoterms and Leveraging Supply Options by 
Maritime Supply Chains by Consult TRADE Guide for U.S. Import Regulations and Trade Guidebooks for landed cost modeling
Tools providing actual freight rates and benchmarks are not available as open sources or published in the shipping trade press. Determining a freight rate from point A to B for a particular product and transport mode is a customized process and a negotiated outcome. Except for Truckinginfo, the following are examples of fee-based commercial tools that provide freight rate metrics but their subscriptions are not available to libraries.
Provides estimated spot prices but not contracted rates for FCL (full container load) and LCL (less than container load)
Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation: A Practical Guide to Disruptive Technologies and New Business Models by 
The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain. by 
Models for Practical Routing Problems in Logistics by 
The Logic of Logistics: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications for Logistics Management by This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new window
