Analysis and Algorithms for Service Parts Supply Chains

• Main Author: Muckstadt, John A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering,
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mathematical models.; Calculus of variations.; Probabilities.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Applications of Mathematics.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.

Services requiring parts has become a $1.5 trillion business annually worldwide, creating a tremendous incentive to manage the logistics of these parts efficiently by making planning and operational decisions in a rational and rigorous manner. This book provides a broad overview of modeling approach...

Table of Contents:

• Background: Analysis of (s-1, s) and Order-Up-To Policies
• Background Concepts: An Introduction to the (s-1, s) Policy under Poisson and Compound Poisson Demand
• An Exact Model for a Depot-Base Two Echelon Inventory and Repair System
• Tactical Planning Models for Managing Recoverable Items
• A Continuous Time, Multi-Echelon, Multi-Item System with Time-Based Service Level Constraints
• Lateral Resupply and Pooling in Multi-Echelon Systems
• Capacity-limited Systems
• Extension of Palm’s Theorem to Nonstationary Demand Processes
• Real-time Execution Systems.