Optimization and Decision Support Systems for Supply Chains

✍ Scribed by Ana Paula Barbosa Póvoa, Albert Corominas, João Luís de Miranda (eds.)

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2017
Tongue: English
Leaves: 198
Series: Lecture Notes in Logistics
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This contributed volume presents a collection of materials on supply chain management including industry-based case studies addressing petrochemical, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and reverse logistics topics. Moreover, the book covers sustainability issues, as well as optimization approaches. The target audience comprises academics, industry managers, and practitioners in the field of supply chain management, being the book also beneficial for graduate students

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Optimising Sustainable Supply Chains: A Summarised View of Current and Future Perspectives....Pages 1-11
Enterprise Systems and Supply Chains....Pages 13-23
Downstream Oil Products Distribution Planning: A Portuguese Case Study....Pages 25-40
Reverse Logistics: Concept, Evolution and Marketing Challenges....Pages 41-61
Optimization Concepts—I: Introductory Level....Pages 63-77
Optimization Concepts: II—A More Advanced Level....Pages 79-97
Multiobjective Interval Transportation Problems: A Short Review....Pages 99-116
Lean Management and Supply Chain Management: Common Practices....Pages 117-129
Multi-echelon Supply Chain Optimization: Methods and Application Examples....Pages 131-138
Optimization Lab Sessions: Major Features and Applications of IBM CPLEX....Pages 139-150
An Introduction to the Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem Solving Techniques....Pages 151-169
Sustainability Analysis of Industrial Processes....Pages 171-190

✦ Subjects

Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing;Operations Management;Operations Research, Management Science

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