Quantitative Approaches to Distribution Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)

Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce have added to the complexity of logistical processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing and inventory control Front Matter....Pages I-XIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Examining Supply Chains from Practice....Pages 3-18 Valuing Time in Make-to-stock Manufacturing: Calculating the Limits of Time-based Competition....Pages 19-35 Internal Pricing in Supply Chains....Pages 37-43 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 Closed-loop Supply Chains....Pages 47-60 Extended Design Principles for Closed Loop Supply Chains: Optimising Economic, Logistic and Environmental Performance....Pages 61-74 A Behavioral Approach for Logistics System Analysis and Design: A Reverse Logistics Case....Pages 75-98 Performance of MRP in Product Recovery Systems with Demand, Return and Leadtime Uncertainties....Pages 99-114 One and Two Way Packaging in the Dairy Sector....Pages 115-127 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 The Logistics Behind the Enter Click....Pages 131-148 Distribution Planning with Specific Delivery Time Restrictions for the Handling of Electronic Customer Orders in Food- / Non-Food Retail Trade....Pages 149-162 An Analysis of a Combinatorial Auction....Pages 163-176 Front Matter....Pages 177-177 The Practice of Distribution Network Planning: Coping with Shortcomings in Import Data Quality....Pages 179-189 A Greedy Heuristic for a Three-level Multi-period Single-sourcing Problem....Pages 191-214 Combinatorial Optimisation Problems of the Assignment Type and a Partitioning Approach....Pages 215-245 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows and Simultaneous Pick-up and Delivery....Pages 249-267 The Application of a Vehicle Routing Model to a Waste Collection Problem: Two Case Studies....Pages 269-286 Strategic Vehicle Routing in Practice — A pure Software Problem or a Problem Requiring Scientific Advice? Routing Problems of Daily Deliveries to the Same Customers....Pages 287-305 Front Matter....Pages 307-307 Design of a 2-Stations Automated Guided Vehicle System....Pages 309-329 On-line versus Off-line Control with Multi-load Vehicles....Pages 331-355 Front Matter....Pages 357-357 Average Costs versus Net Present Value: A Comparison for Multi-source Inventory Models....Pages 359-378 Front Matter....Pages 357-357 Safety Stocks in Capacity-constrained Production Systems....Pages 379-393 Approximations for the Waiting Time in ( s,nQ) -Inventory Models for Different Types of Consolidation Policies....Pages 395-411 Back Matter....Pages 412-424 Examining Supply Chains From Practice / I.f.a. Vis And K.j. Roodbergen -- Valuing Time In Make-to-stock Manufacturing: Calculating The Limits Of Time-based Competition / J.d. Blackburn -- Internal Pricing In Supply Chains / K. Fjell And K. Jornsten -- Closed-loop Supply Chains / V.d.r. Guide, Jr. And L.n. Van Wassenhove -- Extended Design Principles For Closed Loop Supply Chains: Optimising Economic, Logistic And Environmental Performance / H. Krikke, C.p. Pappis, G.t. Tsoulfas And J.m. Bloemhof-ruwaard -- A Behavioral Approach For Logistics System Analysis And Design: A Reverse Logistics Case / M. Mazzarino, R. Pesenti And W. Ukovich. Andreas Klose, M. Gracia Speranza, Luk N. Van Wassenhove (eds.). Includes Bibliographical References.