The rule of logistics : Walmart and the architecture of fulfillment / Jesse LeCavalier.

Main entry:

LeCavalier, Jesse, author.

Title & Author:

The rule of logistics : Walmart and the architecture of fulfillment / Jesse LeCavalier.

Publication:

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : All those numbers -- Logistics: the first with the most -- Buildings: a moving system in motion -- Locations: from intuition to calculation -- Bodies: coping with data-rich environments -- Territory: management city -- Conclusion : Form, happiness, infrastructure.

Summary:

"Every time you wheel a shopping cart through one of Walmart's more than 10,000 stores worldwide, or swipe your credit card or purchase something online, you enter a mind-boggling logistical regime. Even if you've never shopped at Walmart, its logistics have probably affected your life. The Rule of Logistics makes sense of its spatial and architectural ramifications by analyzing the stores, distribution centers, databases, and inventory practices of theworld's largest corporation. The Rule of Logistics tells the story of Walmart's buildings in the context of the corporation's entire operation, itself characterized by an obsession with logistics. Beginning with the company's founding in 1962, Jesse LeCavalier reveals how logistics--as a branch of knowledge, an area of work, and a collection of processes--takes shape and changes our built environment. Weaving together archival material with original drawings, LeCavalier shows how a diverse array of ideas, people, and things--military theory and chewing gum, Howard Dean and satellite networks, Hudson River School painters and real estate software, to name a few--are all connected through Walmart's logistical operations and in turn are transforming how its buildings are conceptualized, located, built, and inhabited. A major new contribution to architectural history and theory, The Rule of Logistics helps us understand how retailing today is changing our bodies, brains, buildings, and cities and predicts what future forms architecture might take when shaped by systems that exceed its current capacities"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780816693313 (hardback)
0816693315 (hardback)
9780816693320 (paperback)
0816693323 (paperback)
(epub)
9781452951539

Subject:

Wal-Mart (Firm) Buildings.
Wal-Mart (Firm)
Wal-Mart Stores
Building sites Planning.
Building layout Psychological aspects.
Stores, Retail Design.
Chantiers de construction Planification.
Constructions Implantation Aspect psychologique.
ARCHITECTURE Buildings Public, Commercial & Industrial.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Corporate & Business History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Industries Retailing.
Buildings
Betriebsgrundstück
Logistik

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293331
Call No.: BIB 238175
Status: Available

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