This book discusses supply chain management, focusing on developments within modelling the dynamic behaviour of the supply chain. Furthermore, more complex supply chain structures such as non-serial supply networks or closed-loop supply chains are modelled and discussed.
Jose M. Framinan is Full Professor in the Industrial Management Department at the School of Engineering in the University of Seville, Spain. His main research interests are related to Supply Chain and Operations management. He has published more than 90 papers in international refereed journals such as Computers & Industrial Engineering, Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, IIE Transactions, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Systems Science, Journal of Heuristics, Journal of Materials and Processing Technology, Journal of the Operational Research Society, OMEGA, Operations Research Letters, OR Spectrum, and Production Planning & Control. He is or has been investigator in a number of international and national public- and private- funded projects. He currently serves as an Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Industrial Engineering, and Area Editor for the Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journals. He holds an Engineering and Doctor Engineering degree from the University of Seville.
Innehållsförteckning
Chapter 1. Introduction to Supply Chains.- Chapter 2. Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 3. Supply Chain Dynamics.- Chapter 4. Basic models for SC dynamics.- Chapter 5. The effect of the quality of information in SCD.- Chapter 6. Enriching SC models.- Chapter 7. Closed Loop Supply Chain.- Chapter 8. Modelling complex SC structures.- Chapter 9. Further issues in modelling SC dynamics.- Appendix.- Index.