Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning

Bol

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.

Bol Partner

This title concerns organizational aspects of integrating legally separated firms as well as coordinating materials and information flows within a production-distribution network. The Enterprise Resources Planning (ESP) systems being used for transaction handling and order execution in most firms today have been supplemented by Advanced Planning Systems (APS) for coordinating flows, exploiting bottlenecks and keeping due dates. Various optimization techniques can be applied by APS to improve plans according to business targets. This book provides insights regarding the concepts underlying APS. Special emphasis is given to modelling supply chains and implementing APS in industry successfully. Understanding is enhanced through the use of case studies as well as an introduction to the solution algorithms used.