Elements of Manufacturing, Distribution and Logistics Quantitative Methods for Planning and Control /

• Main Author: Thomopoulos, Nick T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Management.

This book describes a variety of quantitative methods that are vital to planning and control in the operations of the industrial world, from suppliers to manufacturing plants to distribution centers and to the dealers and stores. The topics include: forecasting, measuring forecast error, determining...

Table of Contents:

• Forecasting
• Forecast Error
• Order Quantity
• Safety Stock
• Replenishments
• Distribution Control
• Manufacturing Control
• Just-in-Time
• Assembly
• Statistical Process Control
• Distribution Network
• Supply Chain Management
• Transportation
• Reverse Logistics.