Supply Chain Modeling: Modeling Supply Chain

Author: Jeremy F. Shapiro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: Begins with pedagogical examples of linear and mixed-integer programming models and methods for optimizing them. The complementary role of heuristic methods, especially for operational problems, is examined. Reviews developments in IT that both promote and require supply-chain optimization modeling, and supply-chain decision databases are examined in detail. Discusses modeling applications to supply-chain management problems at all levels of planning, such as strategic, tactical, and operational. Explains how companies can adapt their business processes to fully achieve integrated supply-chain management by using modeling systems. This book focuses on modeling techniques and is an excellent tool textbook for supply-chain management courses. It is suitable for a wide range of audiences, from professional managers seeking better analytical tools to improve their supply-chain management, to IT professionals developing or maintaining such tools, to consultants who use models and modeling systems for supply-chain research to help companies improve their supply-chain management. Original title: Modeling the Supply Chain.