Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning: Concepts,Models,Software and Case Studies - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540220658 ISBN 13: 9783540220657

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 2004

Synopsis

Supply Chain Management concerns organizational aspects of integratinglegally separated firms as well as coordinating materialand information flows within a production-distribution network.Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems being used for transaction handling and order execution in most firms today havebeen supplemented by Advanced Planning Systems (APS) forcoordinating flows, exploiting bottlenecks and keeping due dates.This book provides insights regarding the concepts underlyingAPS. Special emphasis is given to modelling supply chains andimplementing APS in industry successfully. Understanding is enhancedthrough the use of case studies as well as an introduction to the solutionalgorithms used.For the third edition the content of the book has been updatedthoroughly taking into account latest APS software developments,research results and experiences with APS implementation projects.Two new case studies have been added resulting in a totalof six case studies now covering a wide range of industrial sectorsand ideas to implement APS successfully. Finally, a new chapter on "Purchasing & MaterialRequirements Planning" complements the description of APS.

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Review

"... To sum up, there should be a copy on the bookshelf of all engineers responsible for detailed planning of the Product Delivery Process (PDP). The Editors highlight the impressive gains reported by companies exploiting the potential of coordinating organizational units and integrating information flows and planning efforts along a supply chain. This publication is strong on coordination and planning. It is therefore recommended as an up-to-date source book for these particular aspects of SCM." - International Journal of Production Research"

From the Back Cover

Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are important concepts in order to organize and optimize the flow of goods, materials, information and funds. This book, already in its fourth edition, gives a broad and up-to-date overview of the concepts underlying APS. Special emphasis is given to modeling supply chains and implementing APS successfully in industry. Understanding is enhanced by several case studies covering a wide range of industrial sectors. The fourth edition contains updated material, rewritten chapters and additional case studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540220658
• ISBN 13: 9783540220657
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 528
• Editor: Stadtler Hartmut, Kilger Christoph