Supply chain analytics : strategies, models, and solutions

Table of Contents: 1.Understanding supply chain 2.Inventory models 3.Sourcing decisions 4.Production planning decisions 5.Production control decisions 6.Data mining and aggregation model 7.Transportation and network planning models 8.Location and network design models 9.Simulation and stochastic models 10.Remanufacturing models : way forward

An easy-to-read textbook that will help students understand and appreciate the concepts and decision-making processes of supply chain management through analytics. This book provides the concepts, strategies and models with their solutions related to supply chains. Using accessible quantitative models, it provides a unified framework for supply chain analytics for products right from sourcing to manufacturing to delivery, and to return for remanufacturing to close the supply chain. The book synthesizes a collection of analytical models in the context of both formulation and solution of the problems in all the areas of supply chain