Globalization, shorter product life cycles, and new information technologies - competition takes no longer between companies, but between entire supply chains. This volume edited by Wolfgang Kersten, Thorsten Blecker, and Matthias Meyer provides a valuable insight into: approaches for a supply chain performance management, holistic considerations of supply and inventory management, concrete cases of performance driven supply chain optimization, novel developments in the field of logistics and supply chain management. Know-how to measure and improve the performance of logistics and supply chains.