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...

Real problems are formulated into tractable mathematical models, which allow for an analysis of various approaches.Attention is focused on solutions.Provides a unified treatment of the models discussed , presents a critique of the existing results, and points out potential research directions.

In two volumes, Planning Production and Inventories in the Extended Enterprise: A State of the Art Handbook examines production planning across the extended enterprise against a backdrop of important gaps between theory and practice. The early chapters describe the multifaceted nature of...