1st Edition

Supply Chain Management in the 21st Century with European applications

By Jan Renaud Copyright 2022
332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages
by Routledge

Economies are increasingly dependent on supply chains, which have grown enormously in the 21st century. The textbook Supply Chain Management in the 21st Century prepares students in business and management sciences for this new reality. It is primarily written for undergraduate students, but is also suitable for MBA courses. The book is also a welcome addition to the curricula of technical... Read more
Foreword, Synopsis, The didactical approach, The aim of this textbook, Chapter distribution and learning objectives, 1 An Introduction to Supply Chains in the 21st Century, 2 Forecasting in a Supply Chain, 3 Capacity Planning and Facility Location, 4 Production Planning in a Supply Chain, 5 Inventory Management in a Deterministic Scenario, 6 Inventory Management under Uncertainty, 7 Optimal Customer Service Level, Sourcing Policies, and Risk-Sharing, 8 Asset Mobility and Infrastructure for Supply Chains in the 21st Century, 9 Distribution Network Configuration and Optimal Logistics Flows, 10 Revenue Management and Optimizing Capacity Usage, 11 Managing Bottlenecks and Waiting Lines in a Supply Chain, 12 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in a Supply Chain

Biography

Jan Renaud is assistant professor at Utrecht University, where he teaches the course Operations and Supply Chain Management. He has pioneered the use of computer-assisted learning with Excel at his institute and has received an institute award for using spreadsheets in his courses.