Ebook: Quantitative Approaches to Distribution Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.

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Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.

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Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Examining Supply Chains from Practice....Pages 3-18
Valuing Time in Make-to-stock Manufacturing: Calculating the Limits of Time-based Competition....Pages 19-35
Internal Pricing in Supply Chains....Pages 37-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Closed-loop Supply Chains....Pages 47-60
Extended Design Principles for Closed Loop Supply Chains: Optimising Economic, Logistic and Environmental Performance....Pages 61-74
A Behavioral Approach for Logistics System Analysis and Design: A Reverse Logistics Case....Pages 75-98
Performance of MRP in Product Recovery Systems with Demand, Return and Leadtime Uncertainties....Pages 99-114
One and Two Way Packaging in the Dairy Sector....Pages 115-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
The Logistics Behind the Enter Click....Pages 131-148
Distribution Planning with Specific Delivery Time Restrictions for the Handling of Electronic Customer Orders in Food- / Non-Food Retail Trade....Pages 149-162
An Analysis of a Combinatorial Auction....Pages 163-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
The Practice of Distribution Network Planning: Coping with Shortcomings in Import Data Quality....Pages 179-189
A Greedy Heuristic for a Three-level Multi-period Single-sourcing Problem....Pages 191-214
Combinatorial Optimisation Problems of the Assignment Type and a Partitioning Approach....Pages 215-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Simultaneous Pick-up and Delivery....Pages 249-267
The Application of a Vehicle Routing Model to a Waste Collection Problem: Two Case Studies....Pages 269-286
Strategic Vehicle Routing in Practice — A pure Software Problem or a Problem Requiring Scientific Advice? Routing Problems of Daily Deliveries to the Same Customers....Pages 287-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Design of a 2-Stations Automated Guided Vehicle System....Pages 309-329
On-line versus Off-line Control with Multi-load Vehicles....Pages 331-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Average Costs versus Net Present Value: A Comparison for Multi-source Inventory Models....Pages 359-378
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Safety Stocks in Capacity-constrained Production Systems....Pages 379-393
Approximations for the Waiting Time in (s,nQ)-Inventory Models for Different Types of Consolidation Policies....Pages 395-411
Back Matter....Pages 412-424

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Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Examining Supply Chains from Practice....Pages 3-18
Valuing Time in Make-to-stock Manufacturing: Calculating the Limits of Time-based Competition....Pages 19-35
Internal Pricing in Supply Chains....Pages 37-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Closed-loop Supply Chains....Pages 47-60
Extended Design Principles for Closed Loop Supply Chains: Optimising Economic, Logistic and Environmental Performance....Pages 61-74
A Behavioral Approach for Logistics System Analysis and Design: A Reverse Logistics Case....Pages 75-98
Performance of MRP in Product Recovery Systems with Demand, Return and Leadtime Uncertainties....Pages 99-114
One and Two Way Packaging in the Dairy Sector....Pages 115-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
The Logistics Behind the Enter Click....Pages 131-148
Distribution Planning with Specific Delivery Time Restrictions for the Handling of Electronic Customer Orders in Food- / Non-Food Retail Trade....Pages 149-162
An Analysis of a Combinatorial Auction....Pages 163-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
The Practice of Distribution Network Planning: Coping with Shortcomings in Import Data Quality....Pages 179-189
A Greedy Heuristic for a Three-level Multi-period Single-sourcing Problem....Pages 191-214
Combinatorial Optimisation Problems of the Assignment Type and a Partitioning Approach....Pages 215-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Simultaneous Pick-up and Delivery....Pages 249-267
The Application of a Vehicle Routing Model to a Waste Collection Problem: Two Case Studies....Pages 269-286
Strategic Vehicle Routing in Practice — A pure Software Problem or a Problem Requiring Scientific Advice? Routing Problems of Daily Deliveries to the Same Customers....Pages 287-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Design of a 2-Stations Automated Guided Vehicle System....Pages 309-329
On-line versus Off-line Control with Multi-load Vehicles....Pages 331-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Average Costs versus Net Present Value: A Comparison for Multi-source Inventory Models....Pages 359-378
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Safety Stocks in Capacity-constrained Production Systems....Pages 379-393
Approximations for the Waiting Time in (s,nQ)-Inventory Models for Different Types of Consolidation Policies....Pages 395-411
Back Matter....Pages 412-424
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