Supply Chain Optimization

• Information Centric Optimization of Inventories in Capacitated Supply Chains: Three Illustrative Examples.- An Analysis of Advance Booking Discount Programs Between Competing Retailers.- Third Party Logistics Planning with Routing and Inventory Costs.- Optimal Investment Strategies for Flexible Resources, Considering Pricing.- Multi-Channel Supply Chain Design in B2C Electronic Commerce.- Using Shapley Value to Allocate Savings in A Supply Chain.- Service Facility Location and Design with Pricing and Waiting-Time Considerations.- A Conceptual Framework for Robust Supply Chain Design Under Demand Uncertainty.- The Design of Production-Distribution Networks: A Mathematical Programming Approach.- Modeling & Solving Stochastic Programming Problems in Supply Chain Management Using Xpress-SP.- Dispatching Automated Guided Vehicles in a Container Terminal.- Hybrid MIP-CP Techniques to Solve a Multi-Machine Assignment and Scheduling Problem in Xpress-CP.

From the reviews: "The editors have aimed to capture a segment of recent research activity in supply chain management. ... The research is based on a wide range of studies, including retailing, a logistics provider, service facility location and the design of production - distribution networks. ... There are nuggets of information in the book ... . The relevance of the book lies in the pulling together of important research." (Brian Farrington, Supply Management, March, 2006)