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Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Fall 2009
(Complete Item Description)
- Abstract:
This course surveys operations research models and techniques developed for a variety of problems arising in logistical planning of multi-echelon systems. There is a focus on planning models for production/inventory/distribution strategies in general multi-echelon multi-item systems. Topics include vehicle routing problems, dynamic lot sizing inventory models, stochastic and deterministic multi-echelon inventory systems, the bullwhip effect, pricing models, and integration problems arising in supply chain management. Probability and linear programming experience required.
- Subject:
- Business, Mathematics and Statistics
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- MIT OpenCourseWare
