Introduction to Computational Optimization Models for Production Planning in a Supply Chain

• Main Authors: Voß, Stefan (Author), Woodruff, David L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Econometrics.; Economics.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Management.; IT in Business.

provide models that could be used by do-it-yourselfers and also can be used toprovideunderstandingofthebackgroundissuessothatonecandoabetter job of working with the (proprietary) algorithms of the software vendors. In this book we strive to provide models that capture many of the - tails faced by ?r...

Table of Contents:

• Optimization Modeling
• Starting with an mrp Model
• Extending to an MRP II Model
• A Better Model
• Extensions to the Model
• Implementation Examples
• Solutions
• Some Stochastic Extensions
• Research Directions and References.