Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning

Basics of Supply Chain Management.- Supply Chain Management — An Overview.- Supply Chain Analysis.- Types of Supply Chains.- Advanced Planning.- Concepts of Advanced Planning Systems.- Structure of Advanced Planning Systems.- Strategic Network Design.- Demand Planning.- Master Planning.- Demand Fulfilment and ATP.- Production Planning and Scheduling.- Purchasing and Material Requirements Planning.- Distribution and Transport Planning.- Coordination and Integration.- Collaborative Planning.- Implementing Advanced Planning Systems.- The Definition of a Supply Chain Project.- The Selection Process.- The Implementation Process.- Actual APS and Case Studies.- Architecture of Selected APS.- Strategic Network Design in the Chemical Industry.- Computer Assembly.- Oil Industry.- SCM in a Pharmaceutical Company.- Demand Planning of Styrene Plastics.- Food and Beverages.- Scheduling of Synthetic Granulate.- Event-Based Planning for Standard Polymer Products.- Conclusions and Outlook.- Conclusions and Outlook.- Supplement.- Forecast Methods.- Linear and Mixed Integer Programming.- Genetic Algorithms.- Constraint Programming.