Essays on Supply Chain Management

To fulfill the purpose of satisfying customerrequirements as efficiently as possible, the area ofsupply chain management has been broadenedsubstantially in the past decade. A lot of effortsare now shifted to study the integration ofactivities in key supply chain processes. Moreover,quite some activities, which are consideredindependent previously, are now taken intoconsideration with supply chain management. Thisbook follows this trend. We first develop efficientalgorithms for the joint transportation andinventory control problem for a single-warehousemulti-retailer inventory system with full truckloadshipment. Then we study the role that informationplays in a joint production, procurement andinventory control problem for a firm that satisfiesstochastic demand through remanufacturing. Finally,we study the impact of customer profileon the profitability of remanufactured products. Thenew insights offered in these studies should behelpful to professionals in supply chain managementwho are looking for solutions of related problems orare generally interested in the integration ofsupply chain management.

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Yue Jin, researcher in Supply Chain Analytics Research Group at Bell Labs Ireland-UK. Doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from University of Massachusetts Amherst. Main research areas: optimization and coordination in supply chain management. Application practice: internal consulting for Alcatel-Lucent.

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To fulfill the purpose of satisfying customer requirements as efficiently as possible, the area of supply chain management has been broadened substantially in the past decade. A lot of efforts are now shifted to study the integration of activities in key supply chain processes. Moreover, quite some activities, which are considered independent previously, are now taken into consideration with supply chain management. This book follows this trend. We first develop efficient algorithms for the joint transportation and inventory control problem for a single-warehouse multi-retailer inventory system with full truckload shipment. Then we study the role that information plays in a joint production, procurement and inventory control problem for a firm that satisfies stochastic demand through remanufacturing. Finally, we study the impact of customer profile on the profitability of remanufactured products. The new insights offered in these studies should be helpful to professionals in supply chain management who are looking for solutions of related problems or are generally interested in the integration of supply chain management.