Supply chain management and its applications in computer science / Saoussen Krichen, Sihem Ben Jouida.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krichen, Saoussen, author.

Ben Jouida, Sihem, author.

Series:

Focus series in information systems, web and pervasive computing.

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Focus Information Systems, Web and Pervasive Computing Series, 2051-249x

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Hoboken, New Jersey : iSTE : Wiley, 2016.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

Supply chain management is a key topic for a large variety of strategic decision problems. It is essential in making efficient decisions related to the management of inventory and the delivery of final products to customers. The focus of this book is the understanding of the supply chain taxonomy, the different levels of decision and the impact of one level on another depending on the modeling of the addressed objectives. The authors explore the potential problems that can be addressed within the supply chain, such as the inventory, the transportation and issues of holding, and find applications in numerous fields of study, from cloud computing and networking through to industrial sciences. The reader can find each issue described and its positioning in the supply chain determined. A computer science framework is also developed to show how the use of electronic platforms can aid in the handling of these potential problems.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Glossary

Introduction

Chapter 1: Preliminaries in Decision-Making

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Decision-making problems

1.3. Optimization modeling of a decision problem

1.3.1. Notation

1.3.2. Features of an optimization problem

1.3.3. A didactic example

1.4. Game theory modeling of a decision problem

1.4.1. Notation

1.4.2. The coalition formation problem

1.4.3. The stability concepts

1.5. Allocation methods

1.5.1. Shapley value allocation

1.6. Conclusion

Chapter 2: Introduction to Supply Chain Management

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Main elements of the supply chain

2.3. Main activities in the supply chain

2.3.1. The ordering problem

2.3.2. The warehousing problem

2.3.3. The transportation problem

2.3.4. The inventory problem

2.3.5. Computer science applications in supply chain management

2.4. Decision levels in the supply chain

2.4.1. Strategic level

2.4.2. Tactical level

2.4.3. Operational level

2.5. Conclusion

Chapter 3: The Ordering Problem

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Terminology

3.3. The one supplier-one retailer ordering problem

3.3.1. An example of the one-one ordering problem

3.3.2. Summary

3.4. The one supplier-multiple retailers ordering problem

3.4.1. Fixed purchasing price

3.4.2. An example of the 1 − n ordering problem

3.4.3. Quantity-dependent purchasing price

3.5. The multiple suppliers-one retailer ordering problem

3.6. The multiple suppliers-multiple retailers ordering problem

3.7. Conclusion

Chapter 4: The Warehousing Problem

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Problem description

4.2.1. Terminology

4.2.2. Inputs/outputs of the WP

4.2.3. WP variants

4.3. WP with variable cost/without conflicts

4.3.1. Mathematical formulation.

4.3.2. An example

4.4. WP with fixed cost/without conflicts

4.4.1. Mathematical formulation

4.4.2. An example

4.5. WP with variable cost/with conflicts

4.5.1. Mathematical formulation

4.5.2. An example

4.6. WP with fixed cost/with conflicts

4.6.1. Mathematical formulation

4.6.2. An example

4.7. A DSS design for the warehousing problem

4.8. Example

4.9. Answer

4.10. Conclusion

Chapter 5: Inventory Management

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Definition of inventory management

5.3. Purposes of inventory

5.4. Inventory modeling

5.4.1. Terminology

5.4.2. Economic order quantity model

5.4.3. Examples

5.5. Conclusion

Chapter 6: The Delivery in the Supply Chain

6.1. Introduction

6.2. The delivery process in the SC

6.3. Problem description

6.3.1. Terminology

6.3.2. Inputs/outputs of the delivery

6.3.3. Delivery variants

6.4. First variant: delivery with capacitated trucks

6.4.1. CVRP specification

6.4.2. Mathematical formulation of the CVRP

6.5. Second variant: delivery with time windows

6.5.1. VRPTW specification

6.5.2. Mathematical formulation of the VRPTW

6.6. A real case study: the case of Tunisia

6.7. Alternative resolution approaches for the delivery problem

6.7.1. A tabu search approach for solving the delivery problem

6.7.2. A genetic algorithm for solving the delivery problem

6.8. A DSS design for the delivery problem

6.9. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 17, 2016).

ISBN:

9781119261490

111926149X

9781119261483

1119261481

OCLC:

935251744