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Volume 161
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Frederick S. Hillier
Stanford University, CA, USA
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Camille C. Price
Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA
Marc Goetschalckx
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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
marc.goetschalckx@isye.gatech.edu
ISSN 0884-8289
ISBN 978-1-4419-6511-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6512-7
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6512-7
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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 thatthrough
procurement, production, and distributiondelivers 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 future, this
section introduces forecasting principles and techniques.The next two sections treat
decision making in the two primary areas of transportation and inventory.The second section of the book focuses on transportation systems.First, the characteristics
of transportation assets and infrastructure are shown.Then four chapters focus on
the planning of transportation activities depending on who controls the transportation assets.The third section of the book is focused on storing goods.The last section of the book is focused on supply chain systems that consider simultaneously
procurement, production, transportation, and inventory, as well as the design of the
supply chain infrastructure or network design.
In each chapter, first a model of the process being studied is developed followed
by a description of practical solution algorithms.More advanced material is typical-
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The Supply Chain and Logistics Domains 1
1.2 Logistics Planning and Decisions Support 9
1.3 Summary and Conclusions 13
1.4 Exercises 13
References 14
2 Engineering Planning and Design 15
2.1 Engineering Design and Design Process 15
2.2 Modeling 20
2.3 Algorithms 49
2.4 Summary and Conclusions 57
2.5 Exercises 57
References 58
3 Forecasting 61
3.1 Introduction 61
3.2 Classification of Forecasting Methods 64
3.3 Forecast Quality and Performance Measures 67
3.4 Forecasting Software 72
3.5 Summary 72
3.6 Exercises 73
References 73
4 Time Series Analysis 75
4.1 Time Series Characteristics 75
4.2 Constant Data Pattern 77
4.3 Trend Data Pattern 87
4.4 Seasonal Data Pattern 97
4.5 Summary 120
4.6 Exercises 120
References 126
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