Modelling supply chain dynamics (Englisch)

Chapter 1. Introduction to Supply Chains -- Chapter 2. Supply Chain Management -- Chapter 3. Supply Chain Dynamics -- Chapter 4. Basic models for SC dynamics -- Chapter 5. The effect of the quality of information in SCD -- Chapter 6. Enriching SC models -- Chapter 7. Closed Loop Supply Chain -- Chapter 8. Modelling complex SC structures -- Chapter 9. Further issues in modelling SC dynamics -- Appendix -- Index

This book discusses supply chain management, focusing on developments within modelling the dynamic behaviour of the supply chain. Aimed at postgraduate students, researchers and practitioners, this book provides an in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of supply chains. Business trends such as the globalisation process and the increase of competition across many industrial sectors have forced companies to concentrate on their core competences and to outsource those activities in which they do not excel. As a consequence, companies no longer produce and distribute their goods in isolation, but being part of a supply chain or supply network, i.e. a set of interrelated companies who ultimately deliver the goods and services to the final customer. Despite the prevalence of supply chains as the primary form of production and distribution, their performance can be seriously hampered by the complex dynamics resulting from the collaboration and coordination (or lack thereof) among their member