Addressing various aspects of supply chain management, this book describes the coordination between various elements in supply chain and optimizes the problem using both conventional and evolutionary approaches. It considers different models in the supply chain such as the transportation model, facility location model, assignment model, and planning and scheduling models. The text presents diverse technologies like RFID tags for detection of flow of particular item in the supply chain network. It also addresses the use of artificial intelligent optimization techniques in different types of supply chain problems and the use of specific coordination mechanisms and different analytical models.

Biswajit Mahanty is currently professor and head of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at IIT Kharagpur. He has obtained his B.Tech (Hons) degree in Mechanical Engineering, and his M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management-all from IIT Kharagpur. To the present, Professor Mahanty has had a rich and varied professional career with over six years of industrial experience and about 22 years of teaching, research, and industrial consulting work experience. His areas of interest are system dynamics, operations research, information systems, and supply chain management.

Manoj Kumar Tiwari works in the area of computational intelligence and its applications in manufacturing and operations management. His contribution has also been focused to solve production planning and control problems on manufacturing. Tiwari also addresses issues and concerns related to supply chain management. He has published more than 162 papers in respected international journals and has more than 80 papers in several national and international conferences. He is listed among top 20 most productive authors in the area of production and operations management as reported in the last 50 years.

S.P. Sarmah obtained his Ph.D. degree from IIT Kharagpur, India and is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at IIT Kharagpur. Prior to teaching, he worked in industry for nearly four years. Dr. Sarmah's present research interests are in the areas of supply chain coordination, supply chain risk management, reverse logistics, production planning and control, inventory management, and project management. He has published papers in several leading international journals.

Mamata Jenamani is currently working in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management as an associate professor. Before that she worked in the Department o

Supply Chain Responsiveness. A Supply Chain Optimization Perspective to Achieve Responsiveness. Supply Chain Coordination: Modeling through Contracts. System Dynamics Applications in Supply Chain Modeling. Technologies for Supply Chain Integration and Interoperability.