Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning - Concepts, Models, Software, and Case Studies

Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are important concepts in order to organize and optimize the flow of materials, information and financial funds. This book, already in its fifth edition, gives a broad and up-to-date overview of the concepts underlying APS. Special emphasis is given to modeling supply chains and implementing APS successfully in industry. Understanding is enhanced by several case studies covering APS from various software vendors. The fifth edition contains updated material, rewritten chapters and an additional case study.

List of contents

Introduction.- Part I: Basics of Supply Chain Management.- Part II: Concepts of Advanced Planning Systems.- Part III: Implementing Advanced Planning Systems.- Part IV: Actual APS and Case Studies.- Part V: Conclusion and Outlook.- Part VI: Supplement.

About the author

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stadtler ist Leiter des Instituts für Logistik und Transport der Universität Hamburg.§

Dr. Christoph Kilger studierte Informatik an der Universität Karlsruhe, und promovierte im Bereich Datenbanksysteme für Maschinenbau-Anwendungen. Im Jahr 2000 wechselte er in die Geschäftsführung und später in den Vorstand der J&M Management Consulting AG in Mannheim.

Prof. Dr. Herbert Meyr lehrt an der T U Darmstadt. Sein Fachgebiet ist Produktion & Supply Chain Management.

Summary

Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are important concepts in order to organize and optimize the flow of materials, information and financial funds. This book, already in its fifth edition, gives a broad and up-to-date overview of the concepts underlying APS. Special emphasis is given to modeling supply chains and implementing APS successfully in industry. Understanding is enhanced by several case studies covering APS from various software vendors. The fifth edition contains updated material, rewritten chapters and an additional case study.

Product details

• Assisted by: Christop Kilger (Editor), Christoph Kilger (Editor), Herbert Meyr (Editor), Hartmut Stadtler (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.01.2015
• EAN: 9783642553080
• ISBN: 978-3-642-55308-0
• No. of pages: 557
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 242 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 1024 g
• Illustrations: XXX, 557 p. 176 illus., 20 illus. in color.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics; Management for Professionals; Springer Texts in Business and Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; B, Business and Management, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, IT in Business, Information Technology, Management science, Business mathematics & systems, Management of specific areas, Engineering economy, Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing, Engineering economics, Industrial Management, Production management, Engineering: general, Business logistics, Business—Data processing, Business applications