Modeling the Supply Chain | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeremy F. Shapiro
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 760973
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 608
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0534373631
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.7
EAN: 9780534373634
Publication Date: December 20, 2000
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With an emphasis on modeling techniques, Jeremy Shapiro's MODELING THE SUPPLY CHAIN is the perfect tool for courses in supply-chain management or for professional managers who seek better analytical tools for managing their supply chains, information technologists who are responsible for developing and/or maintaining such tools, and consultants who conduct supply-chain studies using models. Shapiro examines in detail the roles of data, models, and modeling systems in helping companies improve the management of their supply chains. The focus is on optimization models based on linear and mixed integer programming. Shapiro clearly illustrates that when properly applied, these methodologies can create accurate and comprehensive models of great practical value. The book also shows how competitive advantage in supply chain management can be most fully realized by implementing and applying optimization modeling systems.
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 You have NO EXCUSE not to get it -period! February 22, 2001
Sarawoot Chittratanawat (Bangkok, THAILAND)
67 out of 71 found this review helpful
This book is about math-modeling of Supply Chain Management(SCM). While only few analytical SCM books in market, this book is still different. The presentation of math-modeling does not forbid your curiousity in model by giving a proof, theory, lemma; this book shows you the modeling method to capture the complex SCM problem. I like this book over Simchi-Levi (logic of logistics) for its description, practical aspect and future direction. Also, I prefer this book over Chopra (SCM) and Simchi-levi (SCM) for its higher and better modeling issues. This book takes care the readers well since the solution technique is also given, e.g., Linear Programming, Mixed Integer Programming, Unified Optimization, even simulation. While this book is more on quantitative, the interaction between qualitative and quantitative is given -both basic and advanced level. Suggestion to adapt modeling technique to organization is well presented also. The information technology (IT) section covers most SCM issues as well as the implementation and database for SCM. If you're in this area (either academia or practitioner), you have NO EXCUSE not to get this book seriously. For its uniqueness, this book is not supplementary or option, but it's a requirement for you.
 Highly recommended for those interested in the topic March 17, 2003
Jose A. Sanchez Villanueva (Madrid (Spain))
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Shapiro's book is really an interesting introduction to modeling the Supply Chain. After an easy to follow overview on the tools: Linear Programming (Simplex) and Mixed Integer Programming (with an appendix over the Branch and Bound method), these fundamentals are applied to strategic and tactical issues related to modeling the SC. Some actual applications together with their outcomes make examples more credible and dowm to earth. Examples run on excel's solver are strightforward and useful to get a basic handle on the topic.Several chapters on an unified optimization methodology for planning SC problems and databases are also interesting. The book ends up with a reviw on how decisions are taken within an organization and the role of modeling and optimization techniques. Its plain english is another positive point. My only "but" could be an overly superficial treatment of hot topics in SC as facilities location whereas covering issues as Corporate Financial Planning far from the core of the book. All in all a profitable bought.
Practico, Nivel Tactico - Operativo, Muy Util May 21, 2001
I. Perez (Lima, Pe)
31 out of 44 found this review helpful
Para todos los latinos que esten pensando optimizar las operaciones de una empresa, sea Logistica, Inventarios, Produccion, les digo: Este libro es la mejor alternativa para aquellos que quieran disenar, modelar e implementar el SCM en la empresa. Los modelos son mas practicos que en "The Logic of Logistics" que es muy pero muy matematico, me asuste cuando lo abri, integrales, derivadas y otras cosas que prefiero no recordar, la verdad, es que ni lo entendi, a pesar de que considero que tengo un nivel poco mas que aceptable en ese campo, debe ser porque estaba en ingles, no?. Los capitulos 3 - 6, presenta los modelos matematicos. Es 100% Investigacion de Operaciones: programacion lineal, redes, simulacion, es decir el libro de Taha o el Solow, o el Hillier en resumen con ejemplos muy ilustrativos. En el libro hay una direccion para que te bajes un software de optimizacion muy util. Te acuerdas del LINDO, el LINGO, el metodo SIMPLEX, etc? Sabes usar el Solver del Excel? Ahi te explica todo, pero lo mejor de todo que podras aterrizar esos conocimientos en tu empresa. Esencial para aquellos que trabajen en el area de Planeamiento y Control de la Produccion. Yo encuentro este libro en el nivel tactico-operativo, sera muy util para los que quieren hacer un plan de operaciones como Tesis. Tambien explica como modelar los sistemas de informacion para implementar eficientemente el supply chain, pero hay poco de eso (Atencion Ing. de Sistemas e Informaticos, pero les puede servir para comenzar!!). Del cap. 7 al 11, estan las aplicaciones de los modelos en una empresa. Control de Inventarios, Planeacion agregada, miren la tabla de contenidos del libro, les dara una buena idea. Lo encuentro mas aplicativo que Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Strategies for Reducing Cost and Improving Service) de Martin Cristopher que es muy teorico. El mismo Prentice Hall lo clasifica en Libros de Estrategia, es decir puras letritas y letritas. El libro de Shapiro te dice: "Manos a la Obra", El de Martin Christopher dice lo que dicen los Gerentes: "Esto es lo que yo quiero, ahora vean como lo logran". Espero que el modesto comentario de un alumno de Ingenieria industrial(UNI) les ayude a que encuentren lo que buscan.
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