This volume contains research contributions by an international group of authors addressing innovative and technology-based approaches for logistics and supply chains. They present business models and investment options for enhanced strategic decision making as well as recent approaches for...

Operations strategy -- Process types -- Process layout types -- Facility design: supply, capacity and location -- Process technology -- Product and service design -- Process design -- Job design -- Operations planning and control -- Capacity management -- Inventory management -- Lean operations...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- SECTION I: THE CONTEXT AND IMPORTANCE OF INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION PLANNING -- 1 The Importance of Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling -- 1.1 Why...

Supply Chain Management hat sich zu einem betriebswirtschaftlichen Fachgebiet mit besonders gravierendem Wandel entwickelt. Insbesondere werden bei einer Supply Chain grosse Verbesserungspotenziale vermutet. Hartmut Werner zeigt konkrete Wege zur Ausschöpfung dieser Optimierungsmöglichkeiten...