Topics

Building Blocks of a Supply Chain Networt
Performance Measures
Decisions in the Supply Chain World
Models for Supply Chain Decision-Making

Lecture Notes
Problem Set: 1
Chapter 2: N. Viswanadham. Analysis of Manufacturing Enterprises. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Chapter 7: N. Viswanadham. Analysis of Manufacturing Enterprises. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Y. Narahari and S. Biswas. Supply Chain Management: Models and Decision Making
Ram Ganeshan and Terry P. Harrison. An Introduction to Supply Chain Management
D. Connors, D. An, S. Buckley, G. Feigin, R. Jayaraman, A. Levas, N. Nayak, R. Petrakian, R. Srinivasan. Dynamic modelling for business process reengineering. IBM Research Report 19944, 1995

 Topics

Economic Order Quantity Models
Reorder Point Models
Multiechelon Inventory Systems

Lecture Notes
Chapter 3: W.J. Hopp and M.L. Spearman. Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management
Chapter 17: W.J. Hopp and M.L. Spearman. Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management

Topics

Use of Stochastic Models and Combinatorial Optimization in:

Supply Chain Planning
Supply Chain Facilities Layout
Capacity Planning
Inventory Optimization
Dynamic Routing and Scheduling

Understanding the "internals" of industry best practice solutions

Lecture Notes

Topics

Digital Equipment Case Study
IBM Case Study

Lecture Notes

Topics

Relation to ERP
E-procurement
E-Logistics
Internet Auctions
E-markets
Electronic business process optimization
Business objects in SCM

Lecture Notes

Syllabus Overview Course Schedule Books and References

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