Muckstadt, Jack. creator author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut SpringerLink (Online service) text sz 2024 1st ed. 2024. monographic eng

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access XIV, 270 p. 87 illus., 57 illus. in color. online resource. The text begins with a discussion of the basic principles of supply chain management and some attributes of certain industries. The remainder of the text is devoted to developing and applying mathematical concepts needed to address the many issues associated with managing supply chains and, in particular, uncertainty, in a variety of real world settings. In particular, the final chapter is devoted to the design and operation of a vaccine distribution system during a pandemic along with a critique of the way the system used in the United States performed. Preface -- Principles of Supply Chain Management -- Analysis of Ordering Patterns in Serial Supply Chains -- Pooling in Supply Chains -- Mathematics of Pooling -- Including Capacity Limitations in Planning Models -- Real-time Execution Systems -- Design and Operation of the Vaccine Distribution Supply Chain -- Bibliography -- Index. by Jack Muckstadt. Operations research Management science Social sciences Mathematics Operations Research, Management Science Mathematics in Business, Economics and Finance T57.6-57.97 T55.4-60.8 9783031661129 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66112-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66112-9 240913 20251030113039.0 978-3-031-66112-9