Design of Distribution Chain

ISBN-13: 9783639153972 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str.

Hongze Ma

Opis

In todays buyers market, the enterprises that areable to win the market will win the competition. That is why the study on distribution chain is attracting extensive attentions from academics and industry. In this book, an integrated methodology is developed to design a distribution chain. A distribution chain will be designed in threephases. In the pre-design phase, all possibledistributors are evaluated quantitatively, and a setof eligible distributors are selected to design adistribution chain. In the design phase, a set ofmodels are developed to design a distribution chain.The main design results include: configuration of thedistribution chain (including number and location of distributors), inventory control parameters at each node, and product delivery routes between different nodes. In the post-design phase, to verify the design results, the distribution chain designed above is simulated, and its performance is evaluated. This book should be especially useful to managers, practitioners, researchers, and consultants who are concerned with distribution chain (or supply chain) planning, operation and performance evaluation.

O autorze

Ph.D: studied at Norwegian University of Science and
Technology. Main research areas: supply chain planning
and operation, process modeling and simulation, partner
evaluation, SAP application, etc. Current position: consultant
at Accenture.