Supply Chain Management for Engineers

by Samuel H. Huang

Overview

Originally taught mainly in business schools, supply chain management has become a common elective and graduate course in engineering colleges. The increasing demand for engineers with supply chain knowledge has fed this shift. However, supply chain management textbooks that have a reasonable coverage of quantitative analysis techniques are few and

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781482219326
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/11/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Samuel H. Huang

Table of Contents

Designing and Engineering the Supply Chain for Competitive AdvantageOverviewSupply Chain TypesSupply Chain DesignSupply Chain Process ModelSupply Chain DriversProblem: Dr. Smart's Supply Chain StrategyReferencesUnderstanding Customer Demand: ForecastingOverviewTime Series ForecastingError AnalysisCase StudiesProblem: Oriental Trading CompanyExercisesReferencesMatching Supply with Demand: Aggregate PlanningOverviewElements of Aggregate PlanningAggregate Planning StrategiesLinear Programming Approach to Aggregate PlanningCase StudiesProblem: Plastic Bottle IncExercisesReferencesSatisfying Customer Demand: Inventory ManagementOverviewEconomic Order QuantitySafety InventoryOptimal Product AvailabilityCase StudiesProblem: Business Attire StoreExercisesReferencesMoving Products across Supply Chain: Distribution Network Design and Transportation Decision MakingOverviewFrameworks for Distribution Network Design and Transportation Decision MakingDistribution Network Design ModelsTransportation Decision MakingCase StudiesProblem: Dragon Furniture EnterpriseExercisesReferencesSupplier Selection MethodologyOverviewSupplier Performance MeasuresSupplier Selection MethodsContracts to Increase Supply Chain ProfitabilityState of the Art in Supplier SelectionReferencesSupply Chain Simulation GameOverviewSales Contract and Aggregate PlanSimulation and Profit AnalysisNotes for Using the Simulation GameIndex

Editorial Reviews

"… written for engineering students and field engineers who are in charge of the execution and improvement of the logistic systems and supply chain management. This concise book covers all the essential practical technologies related to the optimization of the supply chain management. More importantly, the book is well organized with a number of real cases and a simulation game which can be the most attractive merits to readers and students."
—Qiang SU, School of Economics & Management, Tongji University, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China

"… prepared by an engineer for engineers. It presents in clear and concise prose the models, practices and recent developments in modern supply chain engineering. As an engineering Professor teaching supply chain for many years, I believe this book provides an excellent textbook for both upper level undergraduate and graduate students. With the case studies and practical examples, it also provides practitioners tools with illustrations to better manage their supply chain."
—Jianzhi (James ) Li, University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg Texas, USA

"It could be used as support for courses delivered at undergraduate level, ….. the case studies are based on real companies and give an interesting perspective on how to implement the techniques and tools."
—Production Planning & Control, April 2016

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