This book provides insights for designing supply chain networks by understanding and incorporating key return parameters into the network design, which will affect profitability.
This book provides insights for designing supply chain networks by understanding and incorporating key return parameters into the network design, which will affect profitability.
Subramanian Pazhani is currently working as Senior Operations Research Specialist with the Advanced Analytics and Optimization Services Group, SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina. He holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from the Pennsylvania State University, University Park and MS in Supply Chain Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. His research areas include network design in closed loop supply chains, inventory optimization in supply chains, inventory routing problems, AGV scheduling in manufacturing and warehousing systems, dispatching and cycle time optimization in Semiconductor fabs. His work has been published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, Computers and Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Production Research, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Applied Soft Computing, and International Journal of Operational Research.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction to Closed-Loop Supply Chain Design. 2. Designing CLSC Network with Commercial Returns. 3. Characteristics of Commercial Return Products. 4. Network Design Incorporating Quality of Returns and Customer Acceptance Behavior. 5. Robust Network Design Incorporating Uncertainties in Demand and Return Parameters.
