Originally taught mainly in business schools, supply chain management has become a common elective and graduate course in engineering colleges. The increasing demand for engineers with supply chain knowledge has fed this shift. However, supply chain management textbooks that have a reasonable coverage of quantitative analysis techniques are few and

Samuel H. Huang

Designing and Engineering the Supply Chain for Competitive AdvantageOverviewSupply Chain TypesSupply Chain DesignSupply Chain Process ModelSupply Chain DriversProblem: Dr. Smart's Supply Chain StrategyReferencesUnderstanding Customer Demand: ForecastingOverviewTime Series ForecastingError AnalysisCase StudiesProblem: Oriental Trading CompanyExercisesReferencesMatching Supply with Demand: Aggregate PlanningOverviewElements of Aggregate PlanningAggregate Planning StrategiesLinear Programming Approach to Aggregate PlanningCase StudiesProblem: Plastic Bottle IncExercisesReferencesSatisfying Customer Demand: Inventory ManagementOverviewEconomic Order QuantitySafety InventoryOptimal Product AvailabilityCase StudiesProblem: Business Attire StoreExercisesReferencesMoving Products across Supply Chain: Distribution Network Design and Transportation Decision MakingOverviewFrameworks for Distribution Network Design and Transportation Decision MakingDistribution Network Design ModelsTransportation Decision MakingCase StudiesProblem: Dragon Furniture EnterpriseExercisesReferencesSupplier Selection MethodologyOverviewSupplier Performance MeasuresSupplier Selection MethodsContracts to Increase Supply Chain ProfitabilityState of the Art in Supplier SelectionReferencesSupply Chain Simulation GameOverviewSales Contract and Aggregate PlanSimulation and Profit AnalysisNotes for Using the Simulation GameIndex