Supply Chain Engineering
The focus of Supply Chain Engineering is the engineering design and planning of supply chain systems. There exists a very large variety of supply chain system types, all with different goals, constraints, and decisions, but a systematic approach for
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Volume 161
Series Editor Frederick S. Hillier Stanford University, CA, USA Special Editorial Consultant Camille C. Price Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA
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Marc Goetschalckx
Supply Chain Engineering
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Marc Goetschalckx Georgia Institute of Technology H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering Ferst Drive NW., 765 30332-0205 Atlanta Georgia USA [email protected]
ISSN 0884-8289 ISBN 978-1-4419-6511-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6512-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6512-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011930401 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The focus of this book is the engineering design and planning of supply chain systems. A supply chain system can be loosely described as a system that—through procurement, production, and distribution—delivers goods to satisfy the demands of customers. Most organizations have a supply chain supporting their missing, ranging from traditional business supply chains, to military logistics, to disaster relief or medical delivery systems. As a consequence, there exists a very large variety of supply chain system types with different goals, constraints, and decisions. But a systematic approach to the design and planning of any supply chain can be based on the principles and methods of system engineering. Systems engineering methodology uses three fundamental components: data, models, and solution algorithms. This book is targeted at several audiences.The first target is a course for upperlevel undergraduate students on supply chains.The second target is use in a capstone senior design project in the supply chain area.The third target is an introductory course on supply chains either in a master of engineering or a master of business administration programs. The last audience consists of students enrolled in logistics or supply chain postgraduate or continuing education courses. The book can be roughly divided into four sections.The first section focuses on data management.Since most of planning and design requires making decisions today so that supply chain functions can be executed efficiently in the f
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