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Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2009

This course surveys operations research models and techniques developed for a variety of problems arising in logistical planning of multi-echelon systems. There is a focus on planning models for production/inventory/distribution strategies in general multi-echelon multi-item systems. Topics include vehicle routing problems, dynamic lot sizing inventory models, stochastic and deterministic multi-echelon inventory systems, the bullwhip effect, pricing models, and integration problems arising in supply chain management. Probability and linear programming experience required.

Readings

  • Simchi-Levi, David, Xin Chen, and Julien Bramel. The Logic of Logistics: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications for Logistics and Supply Chain Management . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2004. ISBN: 9780387221991.
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  • SES #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction and overview · READINGS: Chapter 1
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  • SES #: 2 · TOPICS: Single-warehouse, single-product deterministic inventory models: Constant demand, infinite horizon · READINGS: Chapter 6.1.1
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  • SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Single-warehouse, single-product deterministic inventory models: Constant demand, finite horizon · READINGS: Chapter 6.1.2
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  • SES #: 4-5 · TOPICS: Single-warehouse, multi-product inventory model · READINGS: Chapter 6.2
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  • SES #: 6-8 · TOPICS: Single-warehouse, multi-retailer models · READINGS: Chapter 6.3
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  • SES #: 10-11 · TOPICS: Time-varying demand · READINGS: Chapter 7
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  • SES #: 12 · TOPICS: Stochastic inventory models: Newsvendor models · READINGS: Chapter 11.1
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  • SES #: 15-16 · TOPICS: Stochastic inventory models: Multi-period, finite horizon · READINGS: Chapter 11.2
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  • Lemm, Jeffery M. Handbook in Operations Research and Management Science. Vol. 4, Logistics of Production and Inventory . Edited by S. C. Graves, A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan, and P. H. Zipkin. Amsterdam, Netherlands: North Holland Publishing, 1993. ISBN: 9780444874726.
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  • Graves, S. C., and A. G. De Kok, eds. Handbook in Operations Research and Management Science. Vol. 11, Supply Chain Management . Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Publishing Company, 2003. ISBN: 9780444513281.
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  • Simchi-Levi, David, S. David Wu, and Zuo-Jun Shen, eds. Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era . New York, NY: Springer, 2004. ISBN: 9781402079528.
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