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ESD.260

Logistics Systems

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2006

Topics

  • Supply chain fundamentals and segmentation analysis
  • Demand forecasting I: Time series analysis
  • Demand forecasting II: Causal analysis
  • Demand forecasting III: New product forecasting
  • Demand forecasting IV: Connections to planning and management
  • Inventory management I: Level demand, EOQ, sensitivity
  • Inventory management II: EOQ extensions, discounts, exchange curves, etc.
  • Inventory management III: Time-varying demand (fixed horizon)
  • Review of probability and statistics using Excel and textbook
  • Inventory management IV: Probabilistic demand, safety stock
  • Inventory management V: Backorder costs, implied costs, extensions, A and C items
  • Problem solving session: Probabilistic demand
  • Inventory management VI: Special products — fashion, style, and perishable goods
  • Inventory management VII: MRP and DRP systems
  • Inventory management VIII: Inventory management and optimization in practice
  • Supply chain network design
  • Supply chain contracts
  • Auctions in supply chain management
  • Transportation I: Fundamental concepts, strategic networks, connection to inventory planning
  • Transportation II: Operational network analysis
  • Transportation III: Routing and scheduling approaches and algorithms
  • Transportation IV: Shipper perspective — strategies and approaches for design and management
  • Transportation V: Procurement and use of combinatorial auctions
  • Transportation VI: Carrier operations and yield management

Readings

  • [SPP] Silver, Edward, David Pyke, and Rein Peterson. Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling . 3rd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. ISBN: 9780471119470.
    Required
  • [N] Nahmias, Steven. Production and Operations Analysis . 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2004. ISBN: 9780071238373.
    Recommended
  • [CM] Chopra, Sunil, and Peter Meindl. Supply Chain Management . 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN: 9780131730427.
    Recommended
  • [B] Ballou, Ronald. Business Logistics Management . 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN: 9780130661845.
    Recommended
  • [CT] Cachon, Gerard, and Christian Terwiesch. Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2005. ISBN: 9780072918991.
    Recommended
  • SPP, chapters 1-2, pp. 3-26.
    Recommended
  • SES #: 2 · TOPICS: Supply chain fundamentals and segmentation analysis · READINGS: SPP, chapter 3, pp. 27-66.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Demand forecasting I: Time series analysis · READINGS: SPP, chapter 4, pp. 74-134.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 4 · TOPICS: Demand forecasting II: Causal analysis · READINGS: SPP, chapter 4.4.1, pp. 83-85.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Demand forecasting III: New product forecasting · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 6 · TOPICS: Demand forecasting IV: Connections to planning and management · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 7 · TOPICS: Inventory management I: Level demand, EOQ, sensitivity · READINGS: SPP, chapter 5.1-5.4, pp. 149-159.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 8 · TOPICS: Inventory management II: EOQ extensions, discounts, exchange curves, etc. · READINGS: SPP, chapter 5.5-5.10, pp. 159-182.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 9 · TOPICS: Inventory management III: Time-varying demand (fixed horizon) · READINGS: SPP, chapter 6, pp. 198-222.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 11 · TOPICS: Inventory management IV: Probabilistic demand, safety stock · READINGS: SPP, chapter 7.1-7.6, pp. 232-252.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 12 · TOPICS: Inventory management V: Backorder costs, implied costs, extensions, A and C items · READINGS: SPP, chapter 7.7-7.9 and 7.11, pp. 253-280 and 284-295.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 14 · TOPICS: Inventory management VI: Special products — fashion, style, and perishable goods · READINGS: SPP, chapter 10, pp. 382-404.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 16 · TOPICS: Inventory management VIII: Inventory management and optimization in practice · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 17 · TOPICS: Supply chain network design · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Supply chain contracts · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 19 · TOPICS: Auctions in supply chain management · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 20 · TOPICS: Transportation I: Fundamental concepts, strategic networks, connection to inventory planning · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 21 · TOPICS: Transportation II: Operational network analysis · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 22 · TOPICS: Transportation III: Routing and scheduling approaches and algorithms · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 23 · TOPICS: Transportation IV: Shipper perspective — strategies and approaches for design and management · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 24 · TOPICS: Transportation V: Procurement and use of combinatorial auctions · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 25 · TOPICS: Transportation VI: Carrier operations and yield management · READINGS: Handout
    Reading assignment
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