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.

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.