Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations

ISBN-13: 9783110673913 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 318 str.

Nicolas Vandeput

Recenzje

"This book illustrates how the quantitative optimization of 21st century supply chains should be crafted and executed." Joannes Vermorel, CEO & Founder at Lokad, Quantitative Supply Chain Software

Spis treści

1. Deterministic supply chains

1. Inventory policies
2. How much should I order?
3. When should I order?

2. Stochastic supply chains

1. Safety stocks
2. Inventory policies
3. Stochastics lead times

3. Advanced stochastic models

1. Fill rate
2. Cost and service level optimization
3. Beyond normality
4. Forecast
5. Multi echelon inventory optimization

4. Discrete inventory optimization

1. Newsvendor
2. Simple simulations
3. Multi echelon inventory optimization simulations

O autorze

Nicolas Vandeput is a supply chain data scientist specialized in demand forecasting and inventory optimization. He founded his consultancy company SupChains in 2016 and co-founded SKU Science-a smart online platform for supply chain management-in 2018. He enjoys discussing new quantitative models and how to apply them to business reality. Passionate about education, Nicolas is both an avid learner and enjoys teaching at universities: he has taught forecasting and inventory optimization to master students since 2014 in Brussels, Belgium.