Operations Research category: 1119 books
The Logic of Logistics
Theory, Algorithms, and Applications for Logistics Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Fierce competition in today's global market provides a powerful motivation for developing ever more sophisticated logistics systems. This book, written for the logistics manager and researcher, presents a survey of the modern theory and application of logistics. The goal of the book is to present...
Profiting from the Data Economy
Understanding the Roles of Consumers, Innovators and Regulators in a Data-Driven World
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Today, the insights available through "big data" are potentially limitless – ranging from improved product recommendations and more well-targeted promotions to more efficient public agencies. In Profiting From the Data Economy , cutting-edge academic researcher, David Schweidel, considers the role...
Multidisciplinary Systems Engineering
Architecting the Design Process
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
This book presents Systems Engineering from a modern, multidisciplinary engineering approach, providing the understanding that all aspects of systems design, systems, software, test, security, maintenance and the full life-cycle must be factored in to any large-scale system design; up front, not factored...
by Lim Joo Seng
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
This book is presented in the way a training is being conducted, and focus on common project management principles and elements that can be found in successful project delivery. It able audience who is not a professional project manager to learn the fundamentals of project management. The audience...
by Nick T. Thomopoulos
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
This book describes the methods used to forecast the demands at inventory holding locations. The methods are proven, practical and doable for most applications, and pertain to demand patterns that are horizontal, trending, seasonal, promotion and multi-sku. The forecasting methods include regression,...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
In order to experience significant improvement in business processes, successful organizations must launch, implement, and maintain effective transformation programs. Such programs enable companies to fully maximize benefits and avoid potential failures. Optimization of Supply Chain Management in Contemporary...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Interest in the phenomenon known as "lean" has grown significantly in recent years. This is the first volume to provide an academically rigorous overview of the field of lean management, introducing the reader to the application of lean in diverse application areas, from the production floor...
Operational Excellence
A Concise Guide to Basic Concepts and Their Application
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
As industrial companies are placing a higher focus on operations, this book comes at the right time with a compilation of basic concepts of Operational Excellence and their application.
Operational excellence allows companies to recover from reductions in gross margins and low profitability,...
Supply Chain Management Models
Forward, Reverse, Uncertain, and Intelligent Foundations with Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a wide field in which several specialties are included. In general, operations and production management players use SCM to organize the problems and analyze the solution approaches. Due to these points, a reference which can encompass a range of problems and their...
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Supply Chain Risk Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
This new case study examines how leading network technology provider Cisco responded to a tsunami in Japan that could have disrupted delivery from 250 key "Tier 1" suppliers. In addition to natural disasters, it shows how Cisco manages lean supply chain risks associated with political upheavals, regulatory...
by Chuck Munson
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
This new case study offers an insider view of Stanford Blood Center’s crucial initiative for improving processes associated with the supply of platelets, crucial blood products with a short five-day shelf-life and volatile demand patterns. Walking through the entire platelet supply chain--collection,...
Contemporary Logistics in China
Reformation and Perpetuation
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
This book is the seventh volume in a series entitled “Contemporary Logistics in China,” authored by researchers from the Logistics Center at Nankai University. In the spirit of the six preceding annual volumes, this book carries on the ideal of providing a systematic exposition on the logistics...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
The scope of this book is limited to heuristics, metaheuristics, and approximate methods and algorithms as applied to planning and scheduling problems. While it is not possible to give a comprehensive treatment of this topic in one book, the aim of this work is to provide the reader with a diverse...
The Supply Chain Management Casebook
Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
30 up-to-date case studies illuminate every aspect of modern supply chain management • Risk management, analytics, global supply chain issues, and much more • Innovative processes, technologies, strategies, and tactics • An indispensable resource for both students and practitioners This...