Supply Chain Engineering

• Main Author: Goetschalckx, Marc (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2011.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 161
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Industrial procurement.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Procurement.; Operations Management.; Operations Research, Management Science.

The focus of Supply Chain Engineering is the engineering design and planning of supply chain systems.  There exists a very large variety of supply chain system types, all with different goals, constraints, and decisions, but a systematic approach for the design and planning of any supply chain can b...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Engineering Planning and Design
• Chapter 3. Forecasting
• Chapter 4. Time Series Analysis
• Chapter 5. Transportation Systems
• Chapter 6. Single Flow Routing Through a Network
• Chapter 7. Routing Multiple Flows Through a Network
• Chapter 8. Single Vehicle Roundtrip Routing
• Chapter 9. Vehicle Routing and Scheduling
• Chapter 10. Inventory Systems
• Chapter 11. Supply Chain Systems
• Chapter 12. Supply Chain Models
• Chapter 13. Advanced Supply Chain Models
• Appendix A. Standard Distributions.