Supply Chain Engineering: Models and Applications

Supply Chain Engineering: Models and Applications, Second Edition is a textbook for engineering students that emphasizes the use of operations research models and solution methods in the design, control, operation, and management of global supply chains. It includes chapters on health and humanitarian supply chains, vendor risk management, and multiple criteria decision-making models. The book discusses the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on global supply chains and presents strategies for making them resilient. It also includes case studies and exercises, with a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides available for qualified textbook adoptions.

Format: Hardback
Length: 616 pages
Publication date: 30 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Supply Chain Engineering: Models and Applications, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook that caters to engineering students, emphasizing the use of operations research models and solution methods in the design, control, operation, and management of global supply chains. This second edition, which has been thoroughly updated, delves into quantitative models and methods, highlighting global supplier selection and vendor risk management techniques. It also discusses the application of multiple criteria decision-making models in supply chain management.

The book includes chapters on health and humanitarian supply chains, encompassing disaster management and logistics modeling. Additionally, it covers warehousing and distribution, addressing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the text, the impact of these disruptions on global supply chains is discussed, and strategies to make them more resilient are presented.

Thirty-four case studies are included to illustrate various supply chain models and methods, while exercises are provided at the end of each chapter. For qualified textbook adoptions, a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides are available.

This textbook is designed to cater to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in engineering, as well as MBA students in operations management, logistics, and supply chain management programs that emphasize quantitative analysis. It is also valuable as a reference for technical professionals and researchers in industrial engineering, supply chain management, procurement, logistics, and health administration.

Weight: 1342g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032254753
Edition number: 2 ed