Supply Chain Configuration Concepts, Solutions, and Applications /

• Main Authors: Chandra, Charu (Author), Grabis, Jānis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mechanical engineering.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Management.

Supply Chain Configuration: Concepts, Solutions, and Applications provides a thorough explanation of the supply chain configuration problem and offers solutions that combine the mathematical aspects of problem solving with applications in modern information technology. Drawing upon years of practica...

Table of Contents:

• Supply Chain Configuration Problem and Issues
• Configuration
• Scope of Supply Chain Configuration Problem
• Literature Review
• Reconfigurable Supply Chains: An Integrated Framework
• Methodology for Supply Chain Configuration
• Solutions
• Knowledge Management as the Basis of Crosscutting Problem-Solving Approaches
• Information Modeling Approaches
• Mathematical Programming Approaches
• Simulation Modeling Approaches
• Hybrid Approaches
• Information Technology Support for Configuration Problem Solving
• Applications
• Review of Applied Studies
• Applications in Automotive Industry
• Application in Retail: Locating a Distribution Center
• Future Research Directions in Supply Chain Configuration Problem.