Quantitative Models In Operations And Supply Chain Management

2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-81-935938-6-8
Verlag: PHI Learning

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

The thoroughly revised and updated book, now in its second edition, continues to present a comprehensive view of the concepts and applications of various quantitative models used in the study of operations and supply chain management. It provides a complete account of location and layout models, production planning models, production control models, cycle inventory models, safety stock models and transportation models. A separate chapter on real-life situations provides the user with the knowledge of specific areas where the models have been applied in decision-making processes. The various techniques to solve operations and supply chain management problems are also discussed.

The text is supported by a large number of illustrative examples, exercises and review questions to reinforce the students’ understanding of the subject matter.

Designed as a textbook for the students of mechanical and industrial engineering, the book would also be useful to postgraduate students of management.

New to the Second Edition - Two new chapters on ‘Production Control—Additional Approaches’ (Chapter 6) and ‘Materials Planning and Lot Sizing’ (Chapter 8)
- Forecasting and Aggregate Planning are described in two separate chapters
- Each chapter includes new sections, additional examples, illustrations, short questions and exercises
- Provides solutions to the exercises

Autoren/Hrsg.

Srinivasan, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- Preface to the First Edition
- 1. Introduction To Operations And Supply Chain Management
- 2. Location And Layout Decisions
- 3. Forecasting
- 4. Aggregate Planning And Disaggregation
- 5. Production Control — Scheduling Decisions
- 6. Production Control — Additional Approaches
- 7. Cycle Inventory Models
- 8. Materials Planning And Lot Sizing
- 9. Safety Stock Models
- 10. Transportation Decisions
- 11. Real-Life Situations—Learning From Applications
- Solutions
- Bibliography
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

G. Srinivasan, Ph.D. (IIT Madras), is Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. A member of the Society of Operations Management, India, Dr. Srinivasan has contributed several research papers to international journals and conferences. Besides the present book, he has also authored a book on Operations Research: Principles and Applications, published by PHI Learning. His areas of research interest include Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, and Supply Chain Management.