Dynamic Modelling for Supply Chain Management Dealing with Front-end
An effective supply chain results in a clear competitive advantage for the production system as a whole, but supply chain management is a collaborative effort that requires the efforts of disparate groups of people and a wide range of expertise. Dynamic M
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Adolfo Crespo Márquez
Dynamic Modelling for Supply Chain Management Dealing with Front-end, Back-end and Integration Issues
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Adolfo Crespo Márquez, PhD Department of Industrial Control School of Engineering University of Seville Camino de los Descubrimientos, s/n 41092 Seville Spain [email protected]
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Foreword
The employment of supply chains is hardly a new concept. The ancient Egyptians, for example, developed relatively sophisticated supply chains in the construction of their pyramids. The Persian Empire, from 550 to 330 BC, was the largest empire of the ancient world and its success was due, to a large degree, to the design of its supply chains. The role of supply chains in the development of the Roman Empire was just as important, if not more so. Throughout recorded history, battles and even wars have been won or lost as a consequence of supply chain management. Today the importance of supply chains and supply chain management is perhaps even more impo
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