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Logisticsisan integralpartofoureverydaylife.Todayit
in?uencesmorethanevera largenumberofhumanandeconomicactivities.
Inthisbook, authorstryto illustrate some advanced logistics and
supply chain management topics, recently mentioned by academic and
industrial personnel. This book has been organized in 12 chapters
such that the reader can study each chapter not only independently
as shown in Fig. 1; but also as part of a whole. If someone wants
to study the book more deeply, the suggested approach for this
study is shown in Fig. 2. So the readers of this book may be
divided into at least two groups: (1) students in Master's courses
or higher, who can use this book in their courses as a whole, and
(2) experts who want to learn more about a new topic in logistics
and supply chain management; this group may want to read a chapter
about a special topic that is found in this book. In the context of
global competition, the more latent topics in logistics supply
chain management are fast growing. This book falls within this
perspective and presents 12 chapters that well illustrate the
variety and complexity of these topics. This book is organized as
follows: Chapter 1 introduces logistics and supply chain management
and contains some primal de?nitions about these two concepts; some
obstacles, prerequisites and infrastructures of modernized
logistics and supply chain management and global supply chain
management are illustrated.
The mathematical science of facility locating has attracted much
attention in d- crete and continuous optimization over nearly last
four decades. Investigators have focused on both algorithms and
formulations in diverse settings in both the private sectors (e.g.,
industrial plants, banks, retail facilities, etc.) and the public
sectors (e.g., hospitals, post stations, etc.). Facility location
problems locate a set of facilities (resources) to minimize the
cost ofsatisfying someset ofdemands(ofthecustomers)with respectto
some set of constraints. Facility location decisions are critical
elements in strategic planning for
awiderangeofprivateandpublic?rms.Thebranchesoflocatingfacilities
arebroad and long-lasting, in?uencing numerous operational and
logistical decisions. High costs associated with property
acquisition and facility construction make facility location or
relocation projects long-term investments. Decision makers must
select sites that will not only perform well according to the
current system state, but also
willcontinuetobepro?tableforthefacility'slifetime, evenas
environmentalfactors change, populationsshift,
andmarkettrendsevolve.Findingrobustfacilitylocations is thus a
dif?cult task, demanding decision makers to account for uncertain
future events. Locationscience is an areaof analyticalstudythat can
be tracedbackto Pierrede Fermat, Evagelistica Torricelli (a student
of Galileo), and Battista Cavallieri. Each one independently
proposed (and some say solved) the basic Euclidean spatial - dian
problem early in the seventeenth century.
Logisticsisan integralpartofoureverydaylife.Todayit
in?uencesmorethanevera largenumberofhumanandeconomicactivities.
Inthisbook, authorstryto illustrate some advanced logistics and
supply chain management topics, recently mentioned by academic and
industrial personnel. This book has been organized in 12 chapters
such that the reader can study each chapter not only independently
as shown in Fig. 1; but also as part of a whole. If someone wants
to study the book more deeply, the suggested approach for this
study is shown in Fig. 2. So the readers of this book may be
divided into at least two groups: (1) students in Master's courses
or higher, who can use this book in their courses as a whole, and
(2) experts who want to learn more about a new topic in logistics
and supply chain management; this group may want to read a chapter
about a special topic that is found in this book. In the context of
global competition, the more latent topics in logistics supply
chain management are fast growing. This book falls within this
perspective and presents 12 chapters that well illustrate the
variety and complexity of these topics. This book is organized as
follows: Chapter 1 introduces logistics and supply chain management
and contains some primal de?nitions about these two concepts; some
obstacles, prerequisites and infrastructures of modernized
logistics and supply chain management and global supply chain
management are illustrated.
The mathematical science of facility locating has attracted much
attention in d- crete and continuous optimization over nearly last
four decades. Investigators have focused on both algorithms and
formulations in diverse settings in both the private sectors (e.g.,
industrial plants, banks, retail facilities, etc.) and the public
sectors (e.g., hospitals, post stations, etc.). Facility location
problems locate a set of facilities (resources) to minimize the
cost ofsatisfying someset ofdemands(ofthecustomers)with respectto
some set of constraints. Facility location decisions are critical
elements in strategic planning for
awiderangeofprivateandpublic?rms.Thebranchesoflocatingfacilities
arebroad and long-lasting, in?uencing numerous operational and
logistical decisions. High costs associated with property
acquisition and facility construction make facility location or
relocation projects long-term investments. Decision makers must
select sites that will not only perform well according to the
current system state, but also
willcontinuetobepro?tableforthefacility'slifetime, evenas
environmentalfactors change, populationsshift,
andmarkettrendsevolve.Findingrobustfacilitylocations is thus a
dif?cult task, demanding decision makers to account for uncertain
future events. Locationscience is an areaof analyticalstudythat can
be tracedbackto Pierrede Fermat, Evagelistica Torricelli (a student
of Galileo), and Battista Cavallieri. Each one independently
proposed (and some say solved) the basic Euclidean spatial - dian
problem early in the seventeenth century.
While typically many approaches have been mainly mathematics
focused, graph theory has become a tool used by scientists,
researchers, and engineers in using modeling techniques to solve
real-world problems. Graph Theory for Operations Research and
Management: Applications in Industrial Engineering presents
traditional and contemporary applications of graph theory in the
areas of industrial engineering, management science, and applied
operations research. This comprehensive collection of research
introduces the useful basic concepts of graph theory in real world
applications.
Many organizations find supply chain management an essential
prerequisite to building a sustainable competitive edge for their
services or products. While interest in SCM is enormous, lack of
theoretical frameworks and real world applications often
characterizes research in the field, and effective management of
the supply chain remains elusive. Supply Chain Sustainability and
Raw Material Management: Concepts and Processes is a comprehensive
and up-to-date resource for operations researchers, management
scientists, industrial engineers, and other business practitioners
and specialists looking for systemic and advanced discussions of
supply chain management. By presenting qualitative concepts,
quantitative models, and case studies, this book is a coherent
guide to creating long-term and sustainable performance for
organizations who want to compete in the global market.
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