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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Modern Industrial Services: A Cookbook for Design, Delivery, and Management
Book SynopsisThis open access book is an outcome of several years of research, practice, and teaching experience of the authors on the challenges that underpin the successful switch to services for manufacturing firms. Ideal for a student as well as a practitioner, the book describes the industrial services ecosystem, the barriers and challenges, and a roadmap for building service excellence. Curated cases are used to describe the current approaches in practice to overcome the barriers. The book also provides several tools, each with a short introduction, that the authors have used successfully in projects to help overcome the servitization barriers. Many of these tools are from management, design thinking, or service design. The service excellence roadmap is based on the development methodology and helps current and future business leaders to create their own individual roadmaps.Table of Contents1. Understanding the Barriers That Slow Firms Shifting from Products to Services.- 2. Overcoming the Barriers to Service Excellence.- 3. Methods and Tools for Overcoming the Barriers to Servitization and Service Excellence.
£34.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Demand Prediction in Retail: A Practical Guide to
Book SynopsisFrom data collection to evaluation and visualization of prediction results, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the process of predicting demand for retailers. Each step is illustrated with the relevant code and implementation details to demystify how historical data can be leveraged to predict future demand. The tools and methods presented can be applied to most retail settings, both online and brick-and-mortar, such as fashion, electronics, groceries, and furniture. This book is intended to help students in business analytics and data scientists better master how to leverage data for predicting demand in retail applications. It can also be used as a guide for supply chain practitioners who are interested in predicting demand. It enables readers to understand how to leverage data to predict future demand, how to clean and pre-process the data to make it suitable for predictive analytics, what the common caveats are in terms of implementation and how to assess prediction accuracy.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Data Pre-Processing and Modeling Factors.- 3. Common Demand Prediction Methods.- 4. Tree-Based Methods.- 5. Clustering Techniques.- 6. Evaluation and Visualization.- 7. More Advanced Methods.- 8. Conclusion and Advanced Topics.
£75.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Demand Prediction in Retail: A Practical Guide to
Book SynopsisFrom data collection to evaluation and visualization of prediction results, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the process of predicting demand for retailers. Each step is illustrated with the relevant code and implementation details to demystify how historical data can be leveraged to predict future demand. The tools and methods presented can be applied to most retail settings, both online and brick-and-mortar, such as fashion, electronics, groceries, and furniture. This book is intended to help students in business analytics and data scientists better master how to leverage data for predicting demand in retail applications. It can also be used as a guide for supply chain practitioners who are interested in predicting demand. It enables readers to understand how to leverage data to predict future demand, how to clean and pre-process the data to make it suitable for predictive analytics, what the common caveats are in terms of implementation and how to assess prediction accuracy.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Data Pre-Processing and Modeling Factors.- 3. Common Demand Prediction Methods.- 4. Tree-Based Methods.- 5. Clustering Techniques.- 6. Evaluation and Visualization.- 7. More Advanced Methods.- 8. Conclusion and Advanced Topics.
£52.24
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Dynamics in Logistics: Twenty-Five Years of
Book SynopsisThis open access book highlights the interdisciplinary aspects of logistics research. Featuring empirical, methodological, and practice-oriented articles, it addresses the modelling, planning, optimization and control of processes. Chiefly focusing on supply chains, logistics networks, production systems, and systems and facilities for material flows, the respective contributions combine research on classical supply chain management, digitalized business processes, production engineering, electrical engineering, computer science and mathematical optimization. To celebrate 25 years of interdisciplinary and collaborative research conducted at the Bremen Research Cluster for Dynamics in Logistics (LogDynamics), in this book hand-picked experts currently or formerly affiliated with the Cluster provide retrospectives, present cutting-edge research, and outline future research directions.Table of ContentsPart I: Models and Methods for Planning in Logistics.- Autonomous Control of Logistics Processes – A Retrospective.- Explorable Uncertainty meets Decision-Making in Logistics.- Complex Networks in Manufacturing and Logistics: A Retrospect.- Recent Developments in Mathematical Traffic Models.- Part II: Digitalization and Logistics.- Intelligent Agents for Social and Learning Logistics Systems.- Semantic Interoperability for Logistics and Beyond.- Semantic Digital Twins for Retail Logistics.- A Demand-Response System for Sustainable Manufacturing Using Linked Data and Machine Learning.- The Influence of Cognitive Biases in Production Logistics.- Part III: Fields of Application in Logistics.- Automobile Logistics 4.0 – Advances through Digitalization.- 15 Years of Intelligent Container Research.- The Rise of Ultra Large Container Vessels: Implications for Seaport Systems and Environmental Considerations.- Modeling individualized sustainable last mile logistics.- Logistics Challenges along the New Silk Roads.- Observations and Perceptions on a Doctoral Research Seminar in Engineering and Logistics.
£40.49
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Dynamics in Logistics: Twenty-Five Years of
Book SynopsisThis open access book highlights the interdisciplinary aspects of logistics research. Featuring empirical, methodological, and practice-oriented articles, it addresses the modelling, planning, optimization and control of processes. Chiefly focusing on supply chains, logistics networks, production systems, and systems and facilities for material flows, the respective contributions combine research on classical supply chain management, digitalized business processes, production engineering, electrical engineering, computer science and mathematical optimization. To celebrate 25 years of interdisciplinary and collaborative research conducted at the Bremen Research Cluster for Dynamics in Logistics (LogDynamics), in this book hand-picked experts currently or formerly affiliated with the Cluster provide retrospectives, present cutting-edge research, and outline future research directions.Table of ContentsPart I: Models and Methods for Planning in Logistics.- Autonomous Control of Logistics Processes – A Retrospective.- Explorable Uncertainty meets Decision-Making in Logistics.- Complex Networks in Manufacturing and Logistics: A Retrospect.- Recent Developments in Mathematical Traffic Models.- Part II: Digitalization and Logistics.- Intelligent Agents for Social and Learning Logistics Systems.- Semantic Interoperability for Logistics and Beyond.- Semantic Digital Twins for Retail Logistics.- A Demand-Response System for Sustainable Manufacturing Using Linked Data and Machine Learning.- The Influence of Cognitive Biases in Production Logistics.- Part III: Fields of Application in Logistics.- Automobile Logistics 4.0 – Advances through Digitalization.- 15 Years of Intelligent Container Research.- The Rise of Ultra Large Container Vessels: Implications for Seaport Systems and Environmental Considerations.- Modeling individualized sustainable last mile logistics.- Logistics Challenges along the New Silk Roads.- Observations and Perceptions on a Doctoral Research Seminar in Engineering and Logistics.
£33.24
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Contracting and Safety: Exploring Outsourcing
Book SynopsisThis open access book examines the increase in outsourcing, contracting and subcontracting as ways of organising work. It explores the impact of these employment arrangements on public safety, particularly when they are linked to complex supply networks in a range of engineering industries including oil and gas, nuclear power and aviation. The brief provides practical recommendations on how best to manage arrangements that target short-term profitability and also maintain excellence in long-term safety outcomes. The brief is a source of advice for organisations on how to maximise the benefits and minimise long-term system reliability issues that can be introduced by contracting and outsourcing, rather than assuming it to be a wholly negative or positive practice. Contracting and Safety comprises qualitative, empirical studies focusing on high-reliability organisation. As such, this brief provides a rich picture of the experience of working in complex supply chains. It will be of interest to researchers in industrial safety, as well as safety professionals and project managers within engineering industries.Table of ContentsPart I: Maintenance & Operations.- 1. Contracting and Safety: Lessons From Observing an Outsourcing Process ‘in the Making’.- 2. Organisational Complexity and Subcontracting Management: Confronting Lessons From Accidents and From Normal Operation Safety Assessment.- 3. Inter-Organizational Collaboration for the Safety of Railway Vehicles: a Japanese Case.- Effects of Tendering on the Resilience of Critical Services.- Part II: Capital Projects and Supply Chains.- 4. Organizing for Nuclear Safety: Exploring General Applicability of Relational Contracting to Nuclear Industry Projects with Practitioners.- 5. Playing at the Margins of Notoriously Unreliable Utility Streetworks.- 6. The Fragmentation of Workplace Safety: Long-Term Challenges for Project-Based Organization of Large Construction Projects.- 7. How Outsourcing Impacts Process Safety: the Case of Nuclear Waste Storage.- Part III: Regulation and Risk Governance.- 8. Outsourcing Risk Governance: Using Consultants to Deliver Regulatory Functions.- 9. Discussion on the Issues of Safety and Sustainability of Fragmented Systems.- 10. Outsourcing as a Way to Uphold the Scientific Method: the Case of Outsourcing of the Technical Dialogue.-11. Concluding Remarks.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Aircraft Maintenance Programs
Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive comparison of the Aircraft Maintenance Program (AMP) requirements of the two most widely known aviation regulators: the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). It offers an in-depth examination of the elements of an AMP, explaining the aircraft accident investigations and events that have originated and modelled the current rules. By introducing the Triangle of Airworthiness model (Reliability, Quality and Safety), the book enables easier understanding of the processes by which an aircraft and its components are deemed to be in a safe condition for operation from a cost-effective and optimization perspective. The book compares the best practices used by top airlines and compiles a series of tools and techniques to improve the standards of the AMP. Aircraft maintenance engineers, students in the field of aerospace engineering, and airlines staff, as well as researchers more widely interested in safety, quality, and reliability will benefit from reading this bookTable of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: Regulatory Environment.- ICAO and the Aviation Authorities.- The Story of Airworthiness Approvals and Certifications.- Continuing Airworthiness Management – Organization and AMP Requirements.- Instructions for Continuing Airworthiness (ICA).- Part II: Aircraft Maintenance Programs: Content and Management.- AMP Content & Maintenance Planning Document (MPD).- AMP Primary Sources.- AMP Secondary Sources: Ageing Aircraft.- AMP Secondary Sources: MCAI. Modifications, Repairs and Non-Mandatory Recommendations.- AMP Secondary Sources: Operational Requirements and Changes to the Operation Type.- Components Maintenance Program.- AMP Task Interval Management.- AMP Evolution/Optimization.- Maintenance Checks and Bridge Programs.- Aircraft Induction.- Critical Maintenance Tasks/Required Inspection Items.- Part III: The Reliability Program.- Reliability Program Regulatory Requirements.- Reliability Program Process.- AMP Task Effectiveness.- Reliability Analysis Results.- Part IV: The AMP in the Engineering & Maintenance Organization Context.- The Engineering & Maintenance Organization.- Interface of the Maintenance Program with Other Functions.- Impact of the AMP Revision on the Organization.- Part V: Safety Management: Hazards and Safety Risks.- Human Factors.- Organizational Factors.- Safety Programs.- Part V: Quality Improvement Tools and Methods.- Audits.- Problem Solving.- Continuous Improvement Methodologies and Tools.- Decision Making.- Innovation.
£89.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Improving Supply Chains in the Oil and Gas
Book SynopsisThis book analyses and proposes solutions to one of the core challenges faced in the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supply chains in the oil and gas industry, a field that is currently impacted by low oil prices, emerging technologies and a societal transition to cleaner energies. It describes the end-to-end nature of the oil and gas supply chain, and challenges paradigms and accepted ways of working within the industry – such as wastes driven by broken interfaces, naivete regarding supply chains, and the practice that considers re-organisation to be the answer to these challenges – and identifies opportunities to shift this paradigm towards reliability and value. Moreover, the book shares the authors’ front-line experience and encourages readers to consider deploying the solutions presented in their own contexts. The insights from the book’s 12 modules are based on personal experiences and are industry-generic, allowing them to be transferred to other MRO supply chains. Readers are encouraged to use this book as a reference for their own supply chain transformations. The book is primarily intended for practitioners, including chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief supply chain officers, engineers and heads of procurement, purchasing, operations, and materials management.Table of Contents1. Lower Forever.- 2. The OPEX Challenge.- 3. Supply Chain Development in Oil & Gas Industry.- 4. The Missing Pieces.- 5. 12 Modules for Supply Chain Transformation.- 6. When Culture Meets Transformation.- 7. Getting Started.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Improving Supply Chains in the Oil and Gas
Book SynopsisThis book analyses and proposes solutions to one of the core challenges faced in the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) supply chains in the oil and gas industry, a field that is currently impacted by low oil prices, emerging technologies and a societal transition to cleaner energies. It describes the end-to-end nature of the oil and gas supply chain, and challenges paradigms and accepted ways of working within the industry – such as wastes driven by broken interfaces, naivete regarding supply chains, and the practice that considers re-organisation to be the answer to these challenges – and identifies opportunities to shift this paradigm towards reliability and value. Moreover, the book shares the authors’ front-line experience and encourages readers to consider deploying the solutions presented in their own contexts. The insights from the book’s 12 modules are based on personal experiences and are industry-generic, allowing them to be transferred to other MRO supply chains. Readers are encouraged to use this book as a reference for their own supply chain transformations. The book is primarily intended for practitioners, including chief operating officers, chief financial officers, chief supply chain officers, engineers and heads of procurement, purchasing, operations, and materials management.Table of Contents1. Lower Forever.- 2. The OPEX Challenge.- 3. Supply Chain Development in Oil & Gas Industry.- 4. The Missing Pieces.- 5. 12 Modules for Supply Chain Transformation.- 6. When Culture Meets Transformation.- 7. Getting Started.
£33.74
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Supply Chain Resilience: Insights from Theory and
Book SynopsisEvery global crisis highlights the strategic importance of industrial and non-profit supply chains for society. In terms of coping with unforeseen and unpredictable events, supply chain resilience enables the parties and networks involved to stay successful during and after the disruption. Furthermore, a resilient supply chain contributes to the sustainable competitive advantage of the entire value chain. Written by scholars and practitioners alike, this book not only puts forward a new framework for resilience in supply chain management, but also presents best practice cases from various areas and industries. As a particular highlight, it includes a Delphi study that gathers state-of-the-art insights from supply chain leaders. In addition to practical approaches, methods and tools, the book also offers food for thought on the future of supply chain resilience. As such, it offers a valuable resource for current and future managers in the public and private sector, as well as researchers and students engaged in this field.Table of ContentsPart I: Supply Chain Disruptions and Resilience.- 1. Definition and Development of Supply Chain Resilience.- 2. Supply Chain Resilience: A Decade of Evolvement.- 3. Supply Chain Resilience Framework.- 4. Supply Chain Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 5. Pandemic-Related Disruptions in the Field of Freight Transportation.- 6. Modern Slavery and Working Conditions in the European Trucking Industry: A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Resilience.- Part II: Measuring Resilience.- 7. Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience Through Incorporating Business Continuity Management Systems.- 8. Measuring and Fostering Supply Chain Resilience in the Humanitarian Context.- 9. The Value of Artificial Intelligence for More Resilient Supply Chains.- 10. Applying Blockchain Technologies for Increasing Supply Chain Resilience.- Part III: Achieving Resilience.- 11. Policy Options for Strengthening Resilience to Achieve Strategic Autonomy for Austria in a Disrupted World.- 12. Managing Supply Chain Resilience for Sustainability in an Uncertain World: Challenges and Solutions.- 13. Supply Chain Resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.- 14. Resilient Supply Chain Network Design: An Overview of Optimization Models.- Part IV: Resilience in Theory and Practice.- 15. Resilient Supply Chains: A Practical Guide for Successful Implementation.- 16. What Really Works: A Practitioner’s Critical Review on Supply Chain Resilience Research.- 17. Delphi Study on Supply Chain Resilience.- Part V: Supply Chain Resilience in Different Functional Areas.- 18. Commodity Price Risks: Strategies to Increase Supply Chain Resilience.- 19. Achieving Supply Chain Resilience Through Additive Manufacturing.- 20. Resilience in Warehousing.- 21. How to Successfully Master a Pandemic in a Global Distribution Network?.- 22. Resilience Strategies for Freight Transportation: An Overview of the Different Transport Modes Responses.- 23. Thoughts About Individual Resilience Impact to Team and Organization.- Part VI: Supply Chain Resilience in Different Industries.- 24. Resilient Supply Chains in the Parcel Shipping Sector.- 25. Deep Dive on Resilience in the Aviation Industry: Between Resilience for Short-Term Disruptions and Focus on Long-Term Preparedness.- 26. Semiconductor Supply Chain: A 360-Degree View of Supply Chain Risk and Network Resilience Based on GIS and AI.- 27. Ways to Build Resilient Inbound Transportation Logistics in the Automotive Industry.- 28. Overview of the Enablers of Humanitarian Supply Chain Resilience.- 29. Resilience and Military Supply Chain Management.- 30. Concluding Remarks.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Global Logistics and Supply Chain Strategies for
Book SynopsisLogistics and supply chain management is facing disruptive economic, technological and climate change developments that require new strategies. New technologies such as the Internet-of-Things, digital manufacturing or blockchain are emerging quickly and could provide competitive advantage to those companies that leverage the technologies smartly while managers that do not adopt and embrace change could be left behind. Last but perhaps most important for mankind, sustainability aspects such as low-carbon transportation, closed loop supply chains or socially-responsible supply chain setups will become essential to operate successfully in the future. All these aspects will affect logistics and supply chains as a whole as well as different functional areas such as air cargo, maritime logistics or sourcing/procurement. This book aims to dive into several of these functional topics to highlight the key developments in the next decade predicted by leading global experts in the field. It features contributions and key insights of globally leading scholars and senior industry experts. Their forward-looking perspectives on the anticipated trends are aimed at informing the reader about how logistics and supply chain management will evolve in the next decade and which academic qualities and skills will be required to succeed in the "new normal" environment that will be characterized by volatile and increasingly disrupted business eco-systems. Future scenarios are envisaged to provide both practitioners and students with insights that will help them to adapt and succeed in a fast changing world.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Future of Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Changing Skill Sets and Smart Career Choices.- Chapter 2. The Impact on Supply Chain Networks of Shifting Demand and Supply Dynamics.- Chapter 3. AI in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 4. How to Design Human-machine Interaction in Next-generation Supply Chain Planning.- Chapter 5. The Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains.- Chapter 6. Preparing Logistics for the Low Carbon Economy.- Chapter 7. The Future of 3PLs.- Chapter 8. Air Cargo Logistics – The Dawning of a Golden Decade?.- Chapter 9. Maritime Logistics for the Next Decade - Challenges, Opportunities and Required Skills.- Chapter 10. Future Directions in City Logistics.- Chapter 11. Recent Advances of Service Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 12. Competence Development, Learning and Change in Supply Chain Management.- Chapter 13. Startups in the Logistics Sector: Value Propositions and Potential Impact.- Chapter 14. Warehousing 2030.- Chapter 15. Future of Procurement - Insights from a Global Survey.- Chapter 16. Agility in Supply Chain Planning and Execution.- Chapter 17. Risk Driven Supply Chain Design - Options and Trade-offs in Complex Environments.- Chapter 18. Supply Chain Transparency Using Blockchain: Benefits, Challenges, and Examples.- Chapter 19. The Potential of Blockchain in SCM - PI Meets Blockchain.- Chapter 20. Collaboration in Humanitarian Operations in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 21. Logistics Challenges and Opportunities in Africa in the 2020s.
£56.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Ensuring Sustainability: New Challenges for
Book SynopsisThis book presents a selection of the best papers given at the XXIV International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management. The conference is promoted by ADINGOR (Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Ingeniería de Organización) and organized by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. It took place at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Leganés, Spain) in July 2020. Ensuring Sustainability embodies the latest advances in research and cutting-edge analyses of real case studies in industrial engineering and operations management from diverse international contexts. It also identifies business applications for the latest findings and innovations in operations management and the decision sciences.Table of Contents1. Sustainability, Eco-efficiency and Quality Management.- 2. Strategy, Innovation, Networks and Entrepreneurship.- 3. Operations Research, Modelling and Simulation.- 4. Supply Chain Management and Logistics.- 5. Production Planning and Control.- 6. Management Information Systems and Knowledge Management.- 7. Project and Process Management.- 8. Service Systems.- 9. Human Resources and Organizational Design.- 10. Product Design, Industrial Marketing and Consumer Behaviour.- 11. Education in Organizational Engineering.
£179.99
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Strategic Performance Management: Achieving
Book SynopsisFierce competition in many industries, megatrends, the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing globalisation and the permanent liberalisation of markets have changed the face of economies and businesses drastically. Companies must establish suitable and long-term strategies and performance criteria in order to survive in this dynamic and hostile environment. This book provides a holistic and practical approach to strategic performance management. It combines all functions of the value chain and contains best practices in performance. The author demonstrates how new paradigms enable companies to concentrate on value-adding activities and processes to achieve a long-term sustainable and competitive advantage. The book contains a variety of best practices, industry examples and case studies. Focusing on best-in-class examples, the book offers the ideal guide for any enterprise to achieve a competitive advantage across all business functions focusing on value-adding activities. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Performance Management as Part of the Corporate Strategy.- Chapter 2: Performance in Procurement and Supply Management.- Chapter 3: Performance Management in Operations Management.- Chapter 4: Strategic Management Tools and Excellence Models.- Chapter 5: Strategic Management Objectives, KPI and OKR.- Chapter 6: Problem-Solving and Performance Management Tools.- Chapter 7: Performance Management in Sales.- Chapter 8: Economic Pricing, 3C-Pricing and Cost-Estimation Concepts.- Chapter 9: Audits and Quality Management Systems (QMS).- Chapter 10: Business Transformation and Project Management.- Chapter 11: Performance in Finance Management.- Chapter 12: Performance through Kaizen.- Chapter 13: Performance Management to focus on Value-Added Activities.- Chapter 14: Performance Management Excellence through Change.- Chapter 15: Innovations as Part of Performance Management.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Elements of Joint Learning and Optimization
Book SynopsisThis book examines recent developments in Operations Management, and focuses on four major application areas: dynamic pricing, assortment optimization, supply chain and inventory management, and healthcare operations. Data-driven optimization in which real-time input of data is being used to simultaneously learn the (true) underlying model of a system and optimize its performance, is becoming increasingly important in the last few years, especially with the rise of Big Data. Table of ContentsPart 1: Generic Tools.- Chapter 1: The Stochastic Multi-armed Bandit Problem.- Chapter 2: Reinforcement Learning.- Chapter 3: Optimal Learning and Optimal Design.- Part 2: Price Optimization.- Chapter 4: Dynamic Pricing with Demand Learning: Emerging Topics and State of the Art.- Chapter 5: Learning and Pricing with Inventory Constraints.- Chapter 6: Dynamic Pricing and Demand Learning in Nonstationary Environments.- Chapter 7: Pricing with High-Dimensional Data.- Part 3: Assortment Optimization.- Chapter 8: Nonparametric Estimation of Choice Models.- Chapter 9: The MNL-Bandit Problem.- Chapter 10: Dynamic Assortment Optimization: Beyond MNL Model.- Part 4: Inventory Optimization.- Chapter 11: Inventory Control with Censored Demand.- Chapter 12: Joint Pricing and Inventory Control with Demand Learning.- Chapter 13: Optimization in the Small-Data, Large-Scale Regime.- Part 5: Healthcare Operations.- Chapter 14: Bandit Procedures for Designing Patient-Centric Clinical Trials.- Chapter 15: Dynamic Treatment Regimes.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Healthcare Value Chain: Demystifying the Role
Book SynopsisThis volume analyzes group purchasing organizations (GPOs) and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in order to better understand the significant roles that these entities play in the healthcare supply chain. It examines who they contract with, on what terms, and who they represent and answer to while charting their historical development. The analysis reveals that the current roles of both players have historical roots that explain why they behave the way they do. Finally, the book reviews the evidence base on the performance results of these two players. This work fills a void in our understanding about two important and controversial players in the healthcare value chain. Both organizations are cloaked in secrecy — partly by virtue of the private sector contracts they negotiate, partly by virtue of the lack of academic attention. Both play potentially important roles in controlling healthcare costs, albeit using contracting strategies and reimbursement mechanisms that arouse suspicion among stakeholders. This timely text explicates how these organizations arose and evolved to shed more light on how they really operate. Trade Review“Throughout the book, Burns does a nice job ... summaries which still apply today. ... this is an impressive text that will guide readers through the evolution of these two critically important but often under-recognized industries.” (Kevin A. Schulman, Health Affairs, healthaffairs.org, December 1, 2023)Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to the value chaina) What is a value chainb) How does a value chain workc) Value chains versus supply chainsd) Issues with the term “value”e) Balancing cost, quality, and access to innovative products Chapter 2 Introduction to the intermediaries in the healthcare value chaina) Number and range of intermediariesb) MCOs, PBMs, GPOs, wholesalersc) Nagging questions about value added by intermediariesd) Continuing calls and efforts to “dis-intermediate” the intermediaries Chapter 3 Overview of GPOsa) What are GPOsb) Types of GPOs in healthcarec) Goals of GPOsd) Confusing GPOs and IDNs (integrated delivery networks) Chapter 4 History of GPOs (co-authored with David Cassak)a) Early history of groups: 1910-1950sb) Rise of local shared service organizations: 1960s-1970sc) Emergence of contract complianced) Emergence of product portfoliose) Rise of national and regional groups: 1970s-1980sf) Desperately seeking compliance: 1980s-1990sg) Dealing with healthcare reform, capitation, and managed care: 1990sh) Competitive threat posed by IDNs: 1990si) Competitive threat posed by Columbia/HCAj) Group mergers: 1990sk) Aftermath: Consolidated vendors, consolidated buyersl) Value and performance challenges in the new millenniumm) Senate hearings overviewn) Group mergers in the new millenniumo) Growing threat of regional GPOs Chapter 5 Performance of GPOsa) GPO operations and strategyb) Hospital pricesc) Value of group purchasingd) GPO feese) GPO contracting practicesf) GPO customer service and satisfactiong) GPO clinical review processesh) GPO oversight, codes of conduct, and self-regulationi) GPO competition: national and regional Chapter 6 Analysis of Specific GPO Issuesa) Price transparencyb) Exclusionary agreementsc) New market entry and access to innovative technologyd) Differentiation versus commodification of GPOse) Drug shortages Chapter 7 Overview of PBMsa) What are PBMsb) Goals of PBMsc) Range of PBM functions & services to employers/insurersd) Types of PBMs in healthcaree) PBM business modelsf) Types of formularies and feesg) Relationship between MCOs and PBMsh) Direct versus indirect contracting for PBM services by employersi) Growth of PBMs tied to rise of outpatient care and IPAs Chapter 8 History of PBMsa) Early PBMs (PCS, Medco) and claims administration: 1960s-1970sb) Early PBMs (DPS, Pharmacy Gold) as pharmacy departments in staff model HMOsc) Online claims processing and efficient benefits administration: 1980sd) Role of HMOs and PBMs as countervailing power to Big Pharma: 1980se) Rise of mail-order pharmacies: 1980sf) Shift to include cost and clinical controls in 1990s (e.g., tiers)g) Vertical pharma-PBM mergers in early 1990sh) Regulatory and government scrutiny of PBM mergersi) New PBM functions in formulary design, DUR, & disease managementj) Growth of PBM covered lives & growth in pharmaceutical benefits by employersk) Vertical mergers of PBMs with retail pharmacies (Rite Aid-PCS; CVS-Caremark): 1990s and 2000sl) Horizontal consolidation of PBMs (ESI-Medco) in the new millenniumm) Government scrutiny of PBMs as possible source of high drug costsn) PBMs and pay-for-performance models Chapter 9 Performance of PBMsa) Issues in measuring PBM performanceb) Market share trends: script volumes and covered livesc) Prescription drug management indicatorsd) Impact of GPO rebates on Medicare Part D premiumse) Rise in formulary exclusionsf) Trends in out-of-pocket drug spendingg) Trends in employers’ receipt of PBM rebatesh) Trends in percentage change in list and net drug pricesi) Trends and sources of rising PBM profits Chapter 10 Analysis of Specific PBM Issuesa) Uneasy relationship between PBMs and Big Pharmab) Rising drug pricesc) Lack of transparencyd) Insourcing versus outsourcing the PBM functione) Competition for PBM contractsf) Role of PBMs in opioid epidemic
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Springer International Publishing AG Innovative Decision-Making Techniques: A
Book SynopsisThis book provides a blend of quantitative and qualitative approaches to decision making, while also bridging the gap between the theory of how to make good decisions versus how people actually make decisions. The authors present the tools and techniques of decision analysis to learn how to become a FOCCUSSED decision maker: Identify and properly Frame the decision or problem at hand Specify the goals, Objectives, and values that you are trying to achieve Develop creative, meaningful Choices from among which you can choose Evaluate the Consequences of selecting each alternative using your goals, objectives, and values Think about the key Uncertainties that could impact the decision Understand the Swaps and trade-offs that you are willing to make Develop an approach for implementing your Solution Elicit the data you’ll need from a variety of sources and Disseminate and communicate your decisions to others. The authors define a decision as the choice among alternatives, based on how we value and trade-off their pros and cons, made in the face of uncertainty about what will actually happen. The decision-making process is presented as having three pillars to support the decision maker: Preferences–what we prefer, what meets our goals and objectives, and the recognition that preferences are personal to the one making the decision; Alternatives–the choices, options, or courses of action that we have, and over which we have some degree of control; and Information–what we know about the situation, what we don’t know, how we connect choices to outcomes, and how we deal with uncertainty. Key components of good decision-making include how to define your goals and objectives, how to incorporate uncertainties that we all face, and how to develop better alternatives, all of which are discussed. Sophisticated techniques are presented in a way that is accessible to the average decision maker. Probability theory is utilized to improve decisions, and uncertainties are captured in decision trees. Risk avoidance, risk transfer, and risk mitigation are also discussed. Readers will gain a clear understanding of how to articulate the goals and objectives that should be the focal point of any decision.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Framing the Decision.- Understanding Objectives and Values.- Creating Choices.- Identifying Consequences.- Incorporating Uncertainty.- Making Swaps and Trade-offs.- Selecting Solutions.- Eliciting Data: Making Your Decision-Making Processes More Productive.- Disseminating and Communicating Your Decisions.- FOCCUSSED Decision Making Wrap-Up.
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Springer International Publishing AG Quality Innovation and Sustainability: 3rd ICQIS,
Book SynopsisThis book provides various approaches to complex industrial problems in sustainability, operations management and industrial engineering. It features in-depth research presented by academics, scholars, researcher and professionals at the 3rd International Conference on Quality Innovation and Sustainability (ICQIS) in the fields of quality, innovation, sustainability and operations management. It addresses topics such as quality management systems; Lean and Six Sigma; information systems for quality management; data management and industry 4.0; innovative solutions for quality challenges; environmental quality policies and standards; circular economy and life cycle costing; occupational health; safety and welfare in manufacturing; and smart systems, among others.Table of ContentsCosts and learning factories Agile 8D problem-solving framework in a Renewable Energy sector The transfer process of lean approach within multinational companies’ network. The Schnell S.p.A. case study Lean Healthcare: a critical analysis Road freight transport in Europe: alternatives for increasing capacity Knowledge management: an overview of roadmaps for additive manufacturing Life Cycle Inventory of Additive Manufacturing Processes: A Review Critical Success Factors of TQM for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions – A theoretical contribution Customer loyalty in hospitality: can the quality perception be a key factor? The role of enabling technologies from Industry 4.0 in the formulation of public policies for smart cities Impact of TQM and Industry 4.0 on sustainable performance: an empirical study on the Bangladeshi garment industry Academic Community Perceptions of Open Innovation: An Exploratory Study Green Human Resource Management: The performance of women researchers based on bibliometric indicators Innovative responses to the covid-19 pandemic in primary health care: the case of the arte nova family health unit Competitive and Business Intelligence: A Bibliometric Analysis Integrated Management System Role-Play Simulation: Training and Development Tool Towards a Conceptual Framework for Agroforestry Residual Biomass Sustainable Business Models Environmental and economic sustainability of electric vehicles vs combustion engine vehicles fueled with B15 and B30 blends of biodiesel The influence of consumer optimism and pessimism on purchasing intention of eco-friendly clothing by generation Z: model proposal Persistence in Innovation. Do low-tech sectors differ much from the high-tech? Industrial Symbiosis Applied to Oil Refineries: Drivers and Barriers Towards a More Sustainable Use of the Portuguese Road Network: The A25 and IP5 Case Study Improvement of a Porcelain Baseboard Production Line Capacity Using Simulation: A Case Study Multifunctional furniture for tiny houses - Design, Quality, Innovation and Sustainability in Advanced Materials Angolan Cement Industry: marketing channel and distribution channel strategies How can customer experience improve retail operations sustainability? Optimization of last mile logistics process combining passenger and freight flows Analysis of pharmacy stock management and laboratory reagents in a Portuguese public hospital: a case study Towards Digital Transformation: A Case Study to Identify and Mitigate COVID-19 in the Retail Industry Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem – a case study Application of Fuzzy Methodologies in Navy Systems Maintenance
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Springer International Publishing AG Healthcare Operations Management: A Holistic Care
Book SynopsisAddressing the entire care chain, this book presents the outcomes of advanced research on healthcare operations management based on real-world data and practices in China. It includes hands-on methods and applications in this interdisciplinary research field, which combines healthcare service, operations management, industrial engineering and information technology.The content is divided into three parts, reflecting the entire care chain. The first part discusses the pre-hospital service stage and explores resource deployment problems in emergency medical service, such as ambulance allocation. The second part focuses on inpatient care services, including staffing and task allocation among nurses and doctors based on multi-project management under uncertainties. In addition, a highly promising diagnosis approach is proposed and a specific algorithm is derived on the basis of real-world datasets which can improve the diagnosis accuracy remarkably. In turn, the third part considers the post-hospital service stage, which most often takes place at community hospitals, and provides a quantitative evaluation and optimization of scheduling for tasks and team members for home care services.The book is intended for a broad audience, including students, researchers and practitioners working in various areas of healthcare management, service management, and operations management.Table of Contents1. Introduction to the Healthcare Operations Management.- 2. Research on the Optimal Deployment of First Aid Stations and Ambulances Considering the Temporal and Spatial Stochasticity of Demand.- 3. Improving Diagnostic Accuracy Based on Multiple Cutoff Levels of Multiple Tumour Markers.- 4. Robust Optimisation for Multiple Medical Service Project Scheduling Considering the Uncertainty of Activity Durations and Resource Allocation.- 5. Study on Home Care Scheduling with Considerations of the Patient Satisfaction and Operation Costs.
£37.99
Springer International Publishing AG Public-Private Stewardship: Achieving
Book SynopsisThis book offers a defense acquisition perspective that provides action orientations and decision making to increase the value-for-money (VFM) of public-private partnerships (PPPs) through public-private stewardship (PPS). The differing motives of the public and the private sector are not conducive to partnership that leads to optimal outcomes. PPS is offered to practitioners and academics as a solution to failures of PPPs by following the public stewardship tenets of fiduciary responsibility and advancing the public interest while factoring in the additional elements of the private sector. The public values of transparency, accountability, responsibility, responsiveness, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, diversity, inclusion, fairness, and security, among others, can be shared in success between the public and private partners. By establishing shared values aligning with each stakeholder’s measures for success, it is possible to devise value propositions for stakeholder decision making that supports inter-organizational strategy, operations, tactics, goals, and objectives. PPS practices can further ensue as the public-private steward utilizes tools of expertise and organizational capacity. The book provides seven portraits of practitioners in the practice of PPS to assist PPP stakeholders achieve VFM. PPS is illustrated using examples in the Department of Navy (DON) and Department of Defense (DOD).Table of ContentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Leadership as StewardshipChapter 3. Political Actor for Political SettlementChapter 4. The Catalyst of the Public InterestChapter 5. Implementation Through CommunicationChapter 6. Transparent Engagement Across OrganizationChapter 7. Progress from Learning and AdaptationChapter 8. Stewardship Theory Over Agency TheoryChapter 9. Conclusion
£29.74
Springer A Quest for Projects with Scarce Resources
Book SynopsisDo We Have Enough Project Data? (Part 1).- Do the Projects Exist in Reality?.- Do We Have Good Schedules for the Projects?.- Can We Solve Every Project Instance?.- Why Is the RCPSP So Difficult? (Part 1).- Can We Make the Projects Easier? (Part 1).- Why Is the RCPSP So Difficult? (Part 2).- Can We Make the Projects Easier? (Part 2).- How to Make the Project Data Practically Relevant?.- Do We Have Enough Project Data? (Part 2).
£34.99
Springer International Publishing AG Datadriven Decisionmaking for Product Managers
Book SynopsisThis book is an essential guide for product managers seeking to harness the power of data to drive their product decisions. It is a detailed resource for developing and maintaining data literacy, a core skill for product managers. Through a structured approach supported by practical insights and illustrative examples, readers will learn to prioritize decisions based on quantitative data rather than intuition, understand core data concepts, and analyze and leverage data effectively. Product managers will discover how data can transform decision-making processes, enabling evidence-based selection, prioritization, and resource allocation for product features. By using customer feedback, user behavior data, market research, and performance metrics, product managers can foster a culture that leverages data to create successful products. This introductory primer and reference guide is indispensable for product managers aiming to integrate data-driven methodologies into their practice, ensuring their decisions are informed, strategic, and impactful.
£28.04
Springer UniversityIndustry Collaboration
Book SynopsisAlignment, Rewards and Public Benefit.- The Evolution of University Industry Relationships for Driving Innovation.- Organization and Strategy for University-Industry Relationships.- Connecting, Exploring, Uncovering and Building Relationships.- Metrics, Incentives, Rewards and Culture for Impact.- University-Industry Alliances and Consortia.- Innovation Centers and Economic Development.- University-based Startups and Entrepreneurship: A Practical Guide for Industry Collaboration.- Innovating for Curricular Complexity: Executive Education for Transdisciplinary Challenges.- The Academic Health System’s Unique Role in Facilitating Innovative UI Partnerships.- Clinical Trials and Evaluations.- Gaining Support Within Companies for Collaboration.- Gaining Support Within Universities for Collaboration.- Ethical Relationships and Legal Frameworks.- Untangling the IP Web: Ownership, Rights and Strategies in University-Industry Collaboration.- Data Access, Generation, Use.- International Research Collaborations.
£151.99
Springer International Publishing AG Integrated Maintenance Planning in Manufacturing
Book SynopsisThis book introduces the concept of integrated planning for maintenance and production taken into account quality and safety for high global socio-economic impact. It provides insight into the planning process at a global level starting from the business level and ending with the operational level where the plan is implemented and controlled.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Maintenance in Manufacturing Environment: An Overview.- Integrated Maintenance Planning.- Health, Safety and Sustainability in Maintenance.- Ethics in Maintenance.- Recent and Future Trends in Maintenance.
£42.74
Springer International Publishing AG Practical Manual of Quality Function Deployment
Book SynopsisThis book introduces into the practical application of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) beyond the famous House of Quality Matrix by presenting a fully developed example of a clear and comprehensive QFD framework. The QFD workflow is described step by step, encompassing strategic planning, customer surveys, product and service characteristics, mechanisms, parts and cost deployment, technologies, process phases and faults analysis. The model, as presented with practical suggestions, can be used in firms with low resources and/or need for speed. In addition, a chapter is dedicated to the most common “fuzzy” algorithms, explained for professionals and the book closes by describing in detail some QFD case studies. This book will be of interest to all who wish to use QFD to respond to and satisfy customer requirements effectively.Trade Review"Maritan has written one of the best books to date on QFD. [...] With the exception of the 'bibles' by QFD founders Akao and Mizuno, you can now toss the rest of your QFD library." (Glenn Mazur, QFD Institute, Amazon, October 2014)Table of Contents1 Quality Function Deployment (QFD): Definitions, History and Models.- 2 Strategic Matrices and Customer Analysis.- 3 QFD from Product Characteristics to Pre-production.- 4 Fuzzy QFD.- 5 QFD Case Histories.
£41.24
Springer International Publishing AG Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain Management: From Sourcing to Retailing
Book SynopsisThis handbook is a compilation of comprehensive reference sources that provide state-of-the-art findings on both theoretical and applied research on sustainable fashion supply chain management. It contains three parts, organized under the headings of “Reviews and Discussions,” “Analytical Research,” and “Empirical Research,” featuring peer-reviewed papers contributed by researchers from Asia, Europe, and the US. This book is the first to focus on sustainable supply chain management in the fashion industry and is therefore a pioneering text on this topic.In the fashion industry, disposable fashion under the fast fashion concept has become a trend. In this trend, fashion supply chains must be highly responsive to market changes and able to produce fashion products in very small quantities to satisfy changing consumer needs. As a result, new styles will appear in the market within a very short time and fashion brands such as Zara can reduce the whole process cycle from conceptual design to a final ready-to-sell “well-produced and packaged” product on the retail sales floor within a few weeks. From the supply chain’s perspective, the fast fashion concept helps to match supply and demand and lowers inventory. Moreover, since many fast fashion companies, e.g., Zara, H&M, and Topshop, adopt a local sourcing approach and obtain supply from local manufacturers (to cut lead time), the corresponding carbon footprint is much reduced. Thus, this local sourcing scheme under fast fashion would enhance the level of environmental friendliness compared with the more traditional offshore sourcing. Furthermore, since the fashion supply chain is notorious for generating high volumes of pollutants, involving hazardous materials in the production processes, and producing products by companies with low social responsibility, new management principles and theories, especially those that take into account consumer behaviours and preferences, need to be developed to address many of these issues in order to achieve the goal of sustainable fashion supply chain management. The topics covered include Reverse Logistics of US Carpet Recycling; Green Brand Strategies in the Fashion Industry; Impacts of Social Media on Consumers’ Disposals of Apparel; Fashion Supply Chain Network Competition with Eco-labelling; Reverse Logistics as a Sustainable Supply Chain Practice for the Fashion Industry; Apparel Manufacturers’ Path to World-class Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Slow-Fashion Industry; Mass Market Second-hand Clothing Retail Operations in Hong Kong; Constraints and Drivers of Growth in the Ethical Fashion Sector: The case of France; and Effects of Used Garment Collection Programmes in Fast Fashion Brands.Table of ContentsPart I: Reviews and Discussions.- Reverse Logistics of US Carpet Recycling.- Green Brand Strategies in the Fashion Industry: Leveraging Connections of the Consumer, Brand, and Environmental Sustainability.- Impacts of Social Media Mediated Electronic Words of Mouth on Young Consumers’ Disposals of Fashion Apparel: A Review and Proposed Model.- Part II: Analytical Modeling Studies.- Fashion Supply Chain Network Competition with Ecolabelling.- Reverse Logistics as a Sustainable Supply Chain Practice for the Fashion Industry: An Analysis of Drivers and the Brazilian Case.- Part III: Empirical Studies.- Apparel Manufacturers' Path to World Class Corporate Social Responsibility.- Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Slow-Fashion Industry.- Mass Market Second-Hand Clothing Retail Operations in Hong Kong: A Case Study.- Constraints and Drivers of Growth in the Ethical Fashion Sector: The Case of France.- Effects of Used Garment Collection Programs in Fast Fashion Brands.
£123.49
Springer International Publishing AG Inventory Control
Book SynopsisThis third edition, which has been fully updated and now includes improved and extended explanations, is suitable as a core textbook as well as a source book for industry practitioners. It covers traditional approaches for forecasting, lot sizing, determination of safety stocks and reorder points, KANBAN policies and Material Requirements Planning. It also includes recent advances in inventory theory, for example, new techniques for multi-echelon inventory systems and Roundy's 98 percent approximation. The book also considers methods for coordinated replenishments of different items, and various practical issues in connection with industrial implementation.Other topics covered in Inventory Control include: alternative forecasting techniques, material on different stochastic demand processes and how they can be fitted to empirical data, generalized treatment of single-echelon periodic review systems, capacity constrained lot sizing, short sections on lateral transshipments and on remanufacturing, coordination and contracts. As noted, the explanations have been improved throughout the book and the text also includes problems, with solutions in an appendix.Trade Review“The book is well structured and written with care. … Numerous examples and problems to solve (given at the end of each chapter) facilitate deep understanding of the theoretical foundations and help in following the associated mathematics. A particularly attractive aspect of the presented material is its giving precise indications for the industry practitioners about application of the discussed methods and algorithms in real systems.” (Przemysław Ignaciuk, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2017)“An outstanding text in inventory control, fitting all pedagogic and scientific targets. Indispensable for researchers, doctoral students, and sophisticated practitioners and also for anybody curious and interested on the matter.” (Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira, Acta Scientia et Intellectus, Vol. 1 (3), 2015)Table of Contents
£94.99
Springer International Publishing AG Operational Logistics: The Art and Science of
Book SynopsisThis book explores the theoretical foundations and applications of military operational logistics (OpLog). OpLog theory has two facets: qualitative and quantitative.The qualitative facet is imbedded in the theory of operational level of war or operational art. It includes principles, imperatives and tenets, which are stated and analyzed in the first few chapters. The quantitative facet relates to the scientific aspects of OpLog. It is manifested by formal network models representing structural and operational features of an OpLog system. The book examines the two facets and integrates them into a unified presentation. Important OpLog applications a re described and discussed.Chapter 1 presents a general introduction to military logistics. Chapter 2 discusses the px;font-family: monospace;">general structure and characteristics of logistics and describes its three levels – strategic, operational and tactical. Chapter 3 describes the foundation of OpLog. Chapter 4 deals with OpLog planning. Chapter 5 addresses the issue of logistic information, and Chapter 6 deals with forecasting logistic demands. Chapters 7 and 8 are new additions to this second edition. They address logistics aspects of two contemporary operational topics – insurgencies and humanitarian assistance.Chapter 9 describes the first version of the logistic network model. Chapter 10 addresses an important OpLog characteristic – Flexibility. Chapter 11 discusses two major challenges in OpLog practice: force accumulation, 4419px; font-family: monospace;">and medical treatment and evacuation. Chapter 12 presents an inter-temporal network optimization model designed to determine deployment and employment of 3333px;font-family: monospace;">the OpLog support chain during military operations.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Structure, Terminology and Analytic Tools.- The Foundation of Operational Logistics.- Planning.- Information.- Forecasting Logistic Demands.- Insurgency and Counterinsurgency Logistics.- Humanitarian Logistics.- The Visual Network Model.- OpLog Flexibility.- Two Critical OpLog Functions.- Optimizing Logistic Networks.
£56.99
Springer International Publishing AG Inventory Control
Book SynopsisThis third edition, which has been fully updated and now includes improved and extended explanations, is suitable as a core textbook as well as a source book for industry practitioners. It covers traditional approaches for forecasting, lot sizing, determination of safety stocks and reorder points, KANBAN policies and Material Requirements Planning. It also includes recent advances in inventory theory, for example, new techniques for multi-echelon inventory systems and Roundy's 98 percent approximation. The book also considers methods for coordinated replenishments of different items, and various practical issues in connection with industrial implementation.Other topics covered in Inventory Control include: alternative forecasting techniques, material on different stochastic demand processes and how they can be fitted to empirical data, generalized treatment of single-echelon periodic review systems, capacity constrained lot sizing, short sections on lateral transshipments and on remanufacturing, coordination and contracts. As noted, the explanations have been improved throughout the book and the text also includes problems, with solutions in an appendix.Trade Review“The book is well structured and written with care. … Numerous examples and problems to solve (given at the end of each chapter) facilitate deep understanding of the theoretical foundations and help in following the associated mathematics. A particularly attractive aspect of the presented material is its giving precise indications for the industry practitioners about application of the discussed methods and algorithms in real systems.” (Przemysław Ignaciuk, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2017)“An outstanding text in inventory control, fitting all pedagogic and scientific targets. Indispensable for researchers, doctoral students, and sophisticated practitioners and also for anybody curious and interested on the matter.” (Manuel Alberto M. Ferreira, Acta Scientia et Intellectus, Vol. 1 (3), 2015)Table of Contents
£66.49
Springer International Publishing AG Elements of Manufacturing, Distribution and
Book SynopsisThis book describes a variety of quantitative methods that are vital to planning and control in the operations of the industrial world, from suppliers to manufacturing plants to distribution centers and to the dealers and stores. The topics include: forecasting, measuring forecast error, determining the order quantity, safety stock, when and how much inventory to replenish, all this for individual items and for a distribution network where the items are housed in multiple locations. Further quantitative methods are: manufacturing control, just-in-time, assembly, statistical process control, distribution network, supply chain management, transportation and reverse logistics. The methods are proven, practical and doable for most applications. The material in Elements of Manufacturing, Distribution and Logistics presents topics that people want and should know in the work place. The presentation is easy to read for students and practitioners. There is little need to delve into difficult mathematical relationships, and numerical examples are presented throughout to guide the reader on applications. Practitioners will be able to apply the methods learned to the systems in their locations, and the typical professional will want the book on their bookshelf for reference. Everyone in professional organizations like APICS, DSI and INFORMS; MBA graduates, people in industry, and students in management science, business and industrial engineering will find this book valuable.Table of ContentsForecasting.- Forecast Error.- Order Quantity.- Safety Stock.- Replenishments.- Distribution Control.- Manufacturing Control.- Just-in-Time.- Assembly.- Statistical Process Control.- Distribution Network.- Supply Chain Management.- Transportation.- Reverse Logistics.
£89.99
Gabler Produktionstheorie
Book SynopsisDas didaktisch gut aufbereitete Lehrbuch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die verschiedenen Entwicklungslinien der Produktionstheorie von ihren Ursprüngen in der Mikroökonomie bis hin zum aktuellen Stand der Forschung. Dabei werden Umweltbeziehungen der Produktion sowie die Verknüpfung der Produktionstheorie mit der anwendungsorientierten Produktionsplanung einbezogen.Trade Review"Ein interessantes, informatives und lesenswertes Buch [...]" zfbf - Zeitschrift für betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung, Ausgabe 9/2000Table of Contents1. Einführung.- 1.1 Grundbegriffe.- 1.1.1 Produktion und Produktionsfaktoren.- 1.1.2 Produktionsfunktionen und Produktionskorrespondenzen.- 1.1.3 Messen und Bewerten.- 1.1.4 Effizienz und Produktivität.- 1.2 Systematisierung von Produktionsmodellen.- 1.2.1 Anzahl der Produktionsfaktoren und Produkte.- 1.2.2 Komplexität des Produktionsprozesses.- 1.2.3 Substitutionalität und Limitationalität.- 1.2.4 Erfassung des Zeitablaufs der Produktion.- 1.3 Entwicklung der Produktionstheorie.- 2. Ertragsgesetzliche Produktionsfunktionen.- 2.1 Die klassische Produktionsfunktion.- 2.1.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 2.1.2 Die Produktionsfunktion.- 2.1.3 Die Kostenfunktion.- 2.1.4 Beurteilung der klassischen Produktionsfunktion.- 2.2 Die neoklassische Produktionsfunktion.- 2.2.1 Eigenschaften der neoklassischen Produktionsfunktion.- 2.2.1.1 Totale Faktorvariation.- 2.2.1.2 Partielle Faktorvariation.- 2.2.1.3 Isoquante.- 2.2.1.4 Typen neoklassischer Produktionsfunktionen.- 2.2.2 Produktionsplanung im Rahmen der neoklassischen Produktionstheorie.- 2.2.2.1 Kostenminimierung.- 2.2.2.2 Gewinnmaximierung.- 2.2.3 Geltungsbereich der neoklassischen Produktionsfunktion.- 2.3 Die lineare Aktivitätsanalyse.- 2.3.1 Grundbegriffe.- 2.3.1.1 Proportionalität.- 2.3.1.2 Additivität.- 2.3.1.3 Möglichkeit der Verschwendung.- 2.3.1.4 Lineare Technologien.- 2.3.1.5 Exkurs: Grundbegriffe der parametrischen linearen Programmierung.- 2.3.2 Analyse der Produktionsfunktion.- 2.3.2.1 Totale Faktorvariation.- 2.3.2.2 Einproduktfall.- 2.3.2.2.1 Produktionsfunktion bei partieller Faktorvariation.- 2.3.2.2.2 Faktoreinsatzfunktion.- 2.3.2.2.3 Isoquante.- 2.3.2.3 Mehrproduktfall.- 2.3.2.4 Berücksichtigung von Umweltgütern.- 2.3.2.4.1 Problemstellung.- 2.3.2.4.2 Lineare Technologie mit Umweltgütern.- 2.3.2.4.3 Darstellung verschiedener Prozeßtypen.- 2.3.2.4.4 Analyse einer linearen Technologie mit Umweltgütern.- 2.3.2.4.5 Bedeutung von Umweltgütern.- 2.3.3 Produktionsplanung im Rahmen der linearen Aktivitätsanalyse.- 2.3.3.1 Kostenminimierung.- 2.3.3.2 Gewinnmaximierung.- 2.3.3.3 Verallgemeinerung.- 2.3.4 Beurteilung der linearen Aktivitätsanalyse.- 3. Betriebswirtschaftliche Produktionsfunktionen.- 3.1 Die GUTENBERG-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.1.1 Grundbegriffe.- 3.1.1.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 3.1.1.2 Anpassungsformen.- 3.1.1.3 Verbrauchsfunktion und Faktoreinsatzfunktion.- 3.1.1.4 Technologiemenge der GUTENBERG-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.1.2 Kostenverläufe bei den einzelnen Anpassungsformen.- 3.1.2.1 Zeitliche Anpassung.- 3.1.2.2 Quantitative Anpassung.- 3.1.2.3 Intensitätsmäßige Anpassung.- 3.1.3 Wahl der Anpassungsformen.- 3.1.3.1 Quantitative Anpassung oder Überstunden.- 3.1.3.2 Zeitliche oder intensitätsmäßige Anpassung.- 3.1.3.3 Intensitätssplitting.- 3.1.3.4 Kostenminimaler Anpassungspfad.- 3.1.4 Berücksichtigung von Umweltschutzrestriktionen.- 3.1.4.1 Abgabensteuerung.- 3.1.4.2 Auflagensteuerung.- 3.1.4.3 Recycling.- 3.1.4.4 Ergebnisse.- 3.1.5 Beurteilung der GUTENBERG-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.2 Die HEINEN-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.2.1 Das Konzept der Elementarkombination.- 3.2.1.1 Begriffsbestimmungen.- 3.2.1.2 Typen von Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.2 Die Erklärung des Faktorverbrauchs einer Elementarkombination.- 3.2.2.1 Verbrauch an Repetierfaktoren.- 3.2.2.2 Verbrauch an Potentialfaktoren.- 3.2.3 Die Wiederholungsfunktion.- 3.2.3.1 Primäre Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.3.2 Sekundäre Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.3.3 Tertiäre Elementarkombinationen.- 3.2.4 Aufstellung der Produktions- und Kostenfunktion.- 3.2.5 Beurteilung der HEINEN-Produktionsfunktion.- 3.3 Die betriebswirtschaftliche Input/Output-Analyse.- 3.3.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 3.3.2 Darstellungsformen der Input/Output-Analyse.- 3.3.2.1 Input/Output-Graphen und-Matrizen.- 3.3.2.2 Gleichungssystem.- 3.3.2.3 Transformationsfunktionen.- 3.3.3 Anwendung der Input/Output-Analyse.- 3.3.3.1 Produktionsmodell.- 3.3.3.2 Kostenmodell.- 3.3.4 Beurteilung der betriebswirtschaftlichen Input/Output-Analyse.- 4. Dynamische Produktionsfunktionen.- 4.1 Kurzfristige dynamische Produktionsfunktionen.- 4.1.1 Die Produktionsfunktion von KÜPPER.- 4.1.1.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 4.1.1.2 Grundmodell.- 4.1.1.3 Beispiel zur dynamischen Produktionsfunktion.- 4.1.1.4 Erweiterungen.- 4.1.1.5 Beurteilung der Produktionsfunktion von KÜPPER.- 4.1.2 Die Produktionsfunktion von MATTHES.- 4.1.2.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 4.1.2.2 Aufbau des Modells.- 4.1.2.3 Beurteilung der Produktionsfunktion von MATTHES.- 4.2 Langfristige dynamische Produktionsfunktionen.- 4.2.1 Das Putty-Clay-Modell.- 4.2.2 Entwicklung der Produktionsmöglichkeiten im Zeitablauf.- 4.2.2.1 Ausgangspunkt.- 4.2.2.2 Technologiewahl ohne technischen Fortschritt.- 4.2.2.3 Technologiewahl mit technischem Fortschritt bei allen Einsatzfaktoren.- 4.2.2.4 Technologiewahl mit technischem Fortschritt bei einem Einsatzfaktor.- 4.2.2.5 Technologiewahl bei Faktoreinsatzmengenbeschränkungen.- 4.2.2.6 Entwicklung der Technologiemenge im Zeitablauf.- 4.3 Weitere Ansätze der dynamischen Produktionstheorie.- 5. Neuere Entwicklungen der Produktionstheorie.- 5.1 Die strukturalistische Produktionstheorie.- 5.1.1 Die Formalsprache der strukturalistischen Produktionstheorie.- 5.1.2 Beurteilung der strukturalistischen Produktionstheorie.- 5.2 Die Theorie unscharfer Produktionsfunktionen.- 5.2.1 Unsicherheit in der Produktionstheorie.- 5.2.2 Hilfsmittel der unscharfen Produktionstheorie.- 5.2.3 Unscharfe Input/Output-Analyse.- 5.2.4 Beurteilung der unscharfen Produktionstheorie.- 5.3 Die Theorie der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.1 Besonderheiten der Produktion von Dienstleistungen.- 5.3.2 Sichtweisen der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3 Phasen der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3.1 Die Einsatzfaktoren der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3.2 Der Transformationsprozeß der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.3.3 Das Produkt der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 5.3.4 Beurteilung der Theorie der Dienstleistungsproduktion.- 6. Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.- Stichwortverzeichnis.
£34.19
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Logistics Systems Analysis
Book Synopsis"… a well structured and documented book that certainly reflects the new era of logistics." Journal of the Operational Research Society (of a previous edition) Expanded edition includes new research results and numerous modifications to enhance comprehensiveness and clarity. Two new sections, a new appendix, and more than half a dozen new figures. Provides new concept for an integrated examination of logistics systems Features "reasonable" solutions requiring as little information as possibleTable of ContentsThe Use of Succinct Models and Data Summaries.- Cost.- Optimization Methods: One-to-One Distribution.- One-to-Many Distribution.- One-To-Many Distribution with Transshipments.- Many-To-Many Distribution.
£113.99
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Supply Chain Management and Reverse Logistics
Book SynopsisThe world of logistics has considerably changed due to globalization, modern information technology, and especially increasing ecological awareness. Large Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems are developing to global logistic networks. This book reflects major trends of the recent decade in SCM and, additionally, presents ideas and visions for logistic networks of the 21st century. Among the various aspects of SCM, emphasis is placed on reverse logistics: closing the loop of a supply chain by integrating waste materials into logistic management decisions. Table of ContentsThe Expansion of Supply Chains to Closed Loop Systems: A Conceptual Framework and the Automotive Industry’s Point of View.- Integrating Spent Products’ Material into Supply Chains: The Recycling of End-Of-Life Vehicles as an Example.- Recovery Planning in Closed Loop Supply Chains: An Activity Analysis Based Approach.- Product Recovery Behaviour in a Closed Loop Supply Chain.- Inventory Management in Closed Loop Supply Chains.- Production-Inventory Control in an EOQ-Type Reverse Logistics System.- Networks in Reverse Logistics.- Environmental-Oriented Coordination of Supply Networks.- Architectures of Transportation Networks and their Effects on Economic Efficiency.- Cash Flow- and Inventory-Oriented Coordination of the Supply Chain.- The Bullwhip Effect and its Suppression in Supply Chain Management.- Aggregation of Mixed Integer Production Models by Shadow Prices in Supply Chain Management.- Customer Orientation in Advanced Planning Systems.- Order Picking: A Survey of Planning Problems and Methods.- Advanced Purchasing and Order Optimization.- Optimal Maintenance in the Supply Chain.- Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling with Batching Requirements.- Information System for Supporting Supply Chain Management.
£142.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Betriebswirtschaftstheorie: Band 1 Grundlagen,
Book Synopsis1. Kapitel: Grundlagen.- 1 Einordnung der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie in das System der Wissenschaften.- 2 Begriff und Hauptfunktionsbereiche des Betriebes.- 3 Der betriebliche Entscheidungsprozeß.- 4 Begriff, Bestandteile und Typen von Modellen der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie.- 2. Kapitel: Produktionstheorie.- 5 Ökonomische Güter.- 6 Ausgangsbedingungen und Strukturelemente von Produktionsmodellen.- 7 Besondere Eigenschaften von Produktionsfunktionen und ihre ökonomische Bedeutung.- 8 Limitationale Produktionsmodelle.- 9 Substitutionale Produktionsmodelle.- 10 Produktionsmodelle mit mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- 11 Produktionsmodelle für mehrere Produktarten und Produktionsstufen.- 3. Kapitel: Kostentheorie.- 12 Grundlegende Begriffe.- 13 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei unmittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- 14 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- 15 Langfristige Kostenmodelle.- 16 Kostenmodelle bei Variation der Losgröße und der Sortenfolge.Table of Contents1. Kapitel: Grundlagen.- § 1 Einordnung der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie in das System der Wissenschaften.- A. Gegenstand der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.- 1. Die Betriebswirtschaftslehre als Teil der Sozialwissenschaft.- 2. Die Beziehungen zwischen Betriebswirtschaftslehre und Volkswirtschaftslehre.- B. Zusammenhänge zwischen der Betriebswirtschaftslehre und ihren Nachbardisziplinen.- 1. Rechtswissenschaft.- 2. Psychologie.- 3. Soziologie.- 4. Ingenieur- und Arbeitswissenschaft.- 5. Informatile.- 6. Unternehmensforschung.- C. Inhalt und Abgrenzung der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie.- D. Einige Daten aus der Geschichte der Betriebswirtschaftslehre als akademischer Disziplin.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 2 Begriff und Hauptfunktionsbereiche des Betriebes.- A. Die Begriffe Betrieb und Unternehmung.- B. Hauptfunktionen der Unternehmung.- C. Die funktionelle und institutionelle Gliederung der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.- 1. Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre (Funktionslehren).- 2. Spezielle Betriebswirtschaftslehren.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 3 Der betriebliche Entscheidungsprozeß.- A. Entscheidungsprämissen.- B. Ziel- und Mittelentscheidungen.- C. Ökonomisches Prinzip und Dominanzprinzip.- D. Entscheidung als unternehmerische Führungsaufgabe.- E. Erwartungsstrukturen und Entscheidungsbaum.- 1. Erwartungsstrukturen.- 2. Der Entscheidungsbaum.- 3. Bewertung der Konsequenzen.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 4 Begriff, Bestandteile und Typen von Modellen der Betriebswirtschaftstheorie.- A. Zur Begriffsbildung.- B. Strukturen, Systeme, Modelle, Theorien.- 1. Definitionen.- 2. Konstruktion von Modellen.- 3. Aufgaben von Modellen.- 4. Falsifizierbarkeit und Verifizierbarkeit von Theorien.- C. Modellbestandteile.- 1. Zielsystem.- 2. Restriktionen.- 3. Variablen.- a) Meßgenauigkeit.- b) Inhaltliche Klassifikation der Variablen.- 4. Gleichungen und Ungleichungen.- a) Technologische Relationen.- b) Verhaltensrelationen.- c) Definitorische Gleichungen.- d) Identitäten (Identische Gleichungen).- 5. Funktionen und Relationen.- a) Definitionen.- b) Konvexe und nicht-konvexe Mengen und Funktionen.- c) Lineare und nicht-lineare Funktionen und Modelle.- D. Modelltypen.- 1. Entscheidungs- und Erklärungsmodelle.- 2. Statische und dynamische Modelle.- 3. Deterministische und stochastische Modelle.- 4. Analytische und Simulationsmodelle.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- 2. Kapitel: Produktionstheorie.- § 5 Ökonomische Güter.- A. Kennzeichnung und Klassifikation von Gütern.- 1. Begriff.- 2. Klassifikationsmerkmale.- a) Technologischer und funktioneller Aspekt.- b) Materielle Form.- c) Verwendungsdauer.- d) Stellung im Produktionsablauf.- B. Produktionsfaktoren.- 1. Dispositiver Faktor.- 2. Elementarfaktoren.- a) Verbrauchsfaktoren.- b) Potentialfaktoren.- 3. Zusatzfaktoren.- 4. Zusammenfassendes Klassifikationsschema für Produktionsfaktoren.- Produkte.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 6 Ausgangsbedingungen und Strukturelemente von Produktionsmodellen.- A. Produktionsvorgange als Abbildungsobjekte für Produktionsmodelle.- B. Statische Produktionsfunktionen und Produktionsmodelle.- C. Teilbarkeit von Faktoren und Produkten.- D. Variierbarkeit der Faktoreinsatzmengen in Abhangigkeit von der Planungsperiode.- E. Technische Minimierungsbedingung.- F. Kombination von Produktionsfaktoren.- 1. Limitationalität.- a) Lineare Limitationalität.- b) Nichtlineare Limitationalität.- 2. Substitutionalität.- a) Totale Substitution.- b) Partielle Substitution.- 3. Verbindung von Limitationalität und Substitutionalität in Produktionsmodellen.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 7 Besondere Eigenschaften von Produktionsfunktionen und ihre ökonomische Bedeutung.- A. Partielle Faktorvariation.- 1. Partielle Grenzproduktivität.- 2. Partielles Grenzprodukt.- 3. Totales Grenzprodukt.- 4. Produktionselastizitäten.- B. Niveauvariation unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Homogenität.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- §8 Limitationale Produktionsmodelle.- A. Modelle mit einer konstanten und einer variablen Faktorart.- 1. Kontinuierliche Variation eines Faktors und der Produktmenge.- 2. Diskrete Variation eines Faktors und der Produktmenge.- B. Modelle mit mehreren variablen Faktorarten.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 9 Substitutionale Produktionsmodelle.- A. Substitution zwischen endlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen.- B. Substitution zwischen unendlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen.- C. Das klassische Ertragsgesetz.- D. Die Faktoreinsatzfunktion als Umkehrfunktion der Produktionsfunktion.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 10 Produktionsmodelle mit mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- A. Bestimmungsfaktoren des Produktionsfaktoreinsatzes.- 1. Verbrauchsfaktoren.- 2. Potentialfaktoren.- B. Verbrauchsfunktionen bei mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- C. Produktionsfunktionen bei mittelbaren Produkt-Faktor-Beziehungen.- D. Zeitliche und intensitätsmäßige Anpassung an Beschäftigungsschwankungen.- E. Verbrauchsfunktionen bei schwankenden Nutzungsintensitäten.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 11 Produktionsmodelle für mehrere Produktarten und Produktionsstufen.- A. Problemstellung und Begriffe.- 1. Einführung.- 2. Produktionsprogramm.- 3. Unverbundene Produktion.- 4. Verbundene Produktion.- 5. Stufenproduktion.- B. Bedarfsermittlung für Erzeugniseinsatzstoffe bei Stufenproduktion.- C. Bedarfsermittlung für Erzeugniseinsatzstoffe, Betriebsstoffe und Potentialfaktorzeiten bei Mehrprodukt-Stufenproduktion.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- 3. Kapitel: Kostentheorie.- § 12 Grundlegende Begriffe.- A. Einige Grundbegriffe aus dem Rechnungswesen.- 1. Auszahlung — Einzahlung.- 2. Ausgabe — Einnahme.- 3. Aufwand — Ertrag — Erfolg.- 4. Monetare Bestandsgrößen.- 5. Kosten — Erlöse.- a) Wertmäßiger Kostenbegriff.- b) Pagatorischer Kostenbegriff.- c) Erlöse.- 6. Zusammenhänge zwischen Aufwand und Kosten sowie zwischen Ertrag und Erlösen.- B. Kosteneinflußgrößen.- 1. Aktionsvariablen im Produktionsbereich.- a) Betriebsgröße.- b) Produktionsprogramm.- c) Beschäftigung.- d) Gestaltung des Produktionsablaufs.- e) Faktorqualitäten.- f) Faktorpreise.- 2. Daten.- 3. Begrenzungen des Entscheidungsfeldes.- a) Beschränkungen infolge zeitlicher Teilung des Entscheidungsfeldes.- b) Beschränkungen infolge personeller Teilung des Entscheidungsfeldes.- 4. Aktionsvariablen außerhalb des Produktionsbereichs.- a) Absatzpolitik.- b) Finanzierung.- c) Forschung und Entwicklung.- d) Information.- C. Produktivitat und Wirtschaftlichkeit.- 1. Produktivität.- 2. Wirtschaftlichkeit.- D. Gesamt-, Stück- und Grenzkosten.- 1. Gesamtkosten.- 2. Stückkosten.- 3. Grenzkosten.- E. Kostenisoquanten.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 13 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei unmittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- A. Minimalkostenkombination und Gesamtkostenfunktion bei Limitationalität.- B. Minimalkostenkombination und Expansionslinie bei substituierbaren Prozessen.- 1. Kostenmodell mit endlich vielen linear-limitationalen Prozessen.- 2. Kostenmodell mit einem linear-limitationalen und einem nichtlinear-limitationalen Prozeß.- 3. Kostenmodell mit unendlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen (substitutionalen Produktionsfaktoren).- C. Variation der Faktorpreise.- 1. Bei einem limitationalen Prozeß.- 2. Bei endlich vielen limitationalen Prozessen.- 3. Bei Substitutionalität.- D. Ableitung von Kostenfunktionen aus partiellen Ertragsfunktionen für einen linear-limitationalen Prozeß.- 1. Eine kontinuierlich variierbare und eine konstante Faktorart.- 2. Mehrere variable und mehrere konstante Faktorarten.- E. Einfluß von Restriktionen auf den Kostenverlauf.- 1. Arten von Restriktionen.- a) Beschaffungsrestriktionen.- b) Produktionsrestriktionen.- c) Finanzrestriktionen.- d) Absatzrestriktionen.- 2. Kostenmodell bei einem limitationalen Produktionsprozeß bei Beachtung von Restriktionen.- 3. Kostenmodell bei mehreren Produktionsprozessen und bei Beachtung von Restriktionen.- 4. Kostenmodell bei kontinuierlicher Substitutionalität und bei Beachtung von Restriktionen.- F. Aussagegrenze der unmittelbaren Kostenmodelle.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 14 Kurzfristige Kostenmodelle bei mittelbaren Faktor-Produkt-Beziehungen.- A. Kostenmodell eines Aggregats bei intensitätsmäßiger Anpassung.- B. Kostenmodell eines Aggregats bei zeitlicher Anpassung.- C. Kostenmodell bei zeitlicher und intensitätsmäßiger Anpassung.- 1. Allgemeines Grundmodell.- 2. Kostenmodelle bei Arbeitszeitverkürzung.- a) Kostenverlauf bei Arbeitszeitverkürzung ohne Lohnausgleich.- b) Kostenverlauf bei Arbeitszeitverkürzung mit vollem Lohnausgleich.- D. Kostenmodell eines Betriebes bei quantitativer Anpassung.- E. Kostenmodell eines Betriebes mit mehreren Produktionsstationen.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 15 Langfristige Kostenmodelle.- A. Praktische Bedeutung langfristiger Anpassungsprozesse für den Verlauf von Kostenfunktionen.- B. Langfristige Kostenmodelle bei multipler Anpassung.- C. Langfristige Kostenmodelle bei mutativer Anpassung.- 1. Qualitätsänderung der Faktoren durch Verwendung anderer Fertigungsverfahren.- 2. Anderung der Faktorgröße und der Faktorproportion.- 3. Kostenverläufe bei mutativer Anpassung.- a) Degression der variablen Kosten.- b) Degression der fixen Kosten.- c) Berücksichtigung von Änderungen des Preisniveaus und des Preisverhältnisses.- D. Empirische Untersuchungen über den Verlauf langfristiger Kostenfunktionen.- E. Erfahrungskurven.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- § 16 Kostenmodelle bei Variation der Losgröße und der Sortenfolge.- A. Lager- und losgrößenabhängige Kostenarten.- B. Modelle zur Ermittlung der kostenminimalen Losgröße.- 1. Losgrößenermittlung ohne Fehlmengen.- a) Momentanproduktion.- b) Zeitbeanspruchende Produktion.- 2. Losgrößenermittlung mit Fehlmengen.- C. Modell zur Ermittlung der kostenminimalen Sortenfolge.- Literaturempfehlungen.- Aufgaben.- Ausblick auf Erweiterungen der behandelten Produktions- und Kostenmodelle.- Anhang Lösungsanleitungen zu den EDV-orientierten Aufgaben.- Stichwortverzeichnis.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Produktion und Absatz
Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch ist insbesondere für das Grundstudium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre gedacht. Es umfasst die Grundlagen der betrieblichen Entscheidungsfindung, die Produktions- und Kostentheorie sowie die wesentlichen Teilgebiete der Produktion und des Absatzes. Dabei ist auch die Abstimmung zwischen den betrieblichen Bereichen Produktion und Absatz berücksichtigt. Das Buch enthält zu allen Teilgebieten ausführliche Darstellungen. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Rechenbeispiele veranschaulichen den Stoff. Die Leser können ihren Wissensstand durch Übungsaufgaben abfragen und die erarbeiteten Ergebnisse anhand von Kurzlösungen selbst kontrollieren.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen zur 2. Auflage: "… Den Autoren gelingt … die für ein Lehrbuch ungewöhnliche Vernetzung von Produktion und Absatz. Da diese beiden betriebswirtschaftlichen Teilgebiete üblicherweise getrennt behandelt werden, bietet das Lehrbuch einen hochinteressanten neuen Ansatz. Viele Übungsaufgaben mit ausführlichen Lösungen sorgen dafür, dass der Anfänger damit nicht überfordert wird." (in: Studium - Das Buchmagazin für Studenten, 2007, S. 16)Table of ContentsProduktion und Absatz im Rahmen der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.- Produktions- und Kostentheorie.- Produktion.- Absatz.- Abstimmung von Produktion und Absatz.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Product Customization
Book SynopsisFor the majority of industrial companies, customizing products and services is among the most critical means to deliver true customer value and achieve superior competitive advantage. This book presents an operational procedure for the design of product configuration systems in industrial companies. It is based on the experience gained from more than forty product configuration projects in companies providing customers with tailored products and services.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: "‘Product Customization’ zeigt auf sehr anschauliche Art und Weise, wie eine Strategie der kundenindividuellen Massenproduktion ... durch die Modularisierung von Produkten ... umgesetzt werden kann. ... Hvam, Mortensen und Riis verbinden sehr geschickt in ihrem Buch Theorie und Praxis und zeigen ... umfassend Vorgehensweisen auf, wie Konfigurationssysteme schrittweise aufgebaut werden können. … Die Darstellungen werden flankiert von abgewandelten Praxisbeispielen. … Die Autoren selbst haben in mehr als 40 Fallen ... Konfigurationslösungen entwickelt, was der Praxisorientierung des Buchs zugute kommt. Für Unternehmen ... ist das Buch äußerst empfehlenswert." (Dr. Heiner Depner, in: RKW Bücherdienst, 2008, Issue 4, S. 7 f.)Table of ContentsSpecification Processes and Product Configuration.- The Procedure.- Development of Specification Processes.- Analysis of the Product Range.- Object-Oriented Modelling.- Knowledge Representation and Forms of Reasoning for Expert Systems.- Choosing Configuration Software.- Product Configuration at F.L. Smidth.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Manufacturing Simulation with Plant Simulation
Book SynopsisBased on the competition of international production networks, the pressure to - crease the efficiency of production systems has increased significantly. In ad- tion, the number of technical components in many products and as a consequence also the requirements for corresponding assembly processes and logistics pr- esses increases. International logistics networks require corresponding logistics concepts. These requirements can be managed only by using appropriate Digital Factory tools in the context of a product lifecycle management environment, which allows reusing data, supports an effective cooperation between different departments, and provides up-to-date and relevant data to every user who needs it. Simulating the complete material flow including all relevant production, st- age, and transport activities is recognized as a key component of the Digital F- tory in the industry and as of today widely used and accepted. Cutting inventory and throughput time by 20–60% and enhancing the productivity of existing p- duction facilities by 15–20% can be achieved in real-life projects.Table of ContentsIntroducing Factory Simulation.- Plant Simulation.- Standard Classes in PLANT SIMULATION.- Icons.- Programming with SimTalk.- Simtalk and Material Flow Objects.- Mobile Units.- Information Flow Objects.- Statistics.- User Interface Objects.- Data Exchange.- Plant Simulation 3D.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Product Lifecycle Management
Book SynopsisProduct Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an essential means to cope with the challenges of global competition. This is the first English-language book on PLM that introduces the reader to the basic terms and fundamentals of PLM. The text provides a solid foundation for starting a PLM development project. It gives ideas and examples of how PLM can be utilized. In addition, it offers insight into how PLM can assist in creating opportunities and in making real eBusiness possible.Table of ContentsFundamentals.- Product lifecycle management systems.- Product structures.- Integration of the PLM system with other applications.- Deployment of the PLM system.- Business benefits of a PLM system.- Challenges of product management in manufacturing industry.- Service industry and PLM.- The role of product information management in collaborative business development.- Understanding the product lifecycle.- Product and product management strategy as a part of business strategy.- e-Business: electronic business and PLM.- Digest.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Practical
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the need to develop sustainable supply chains - economically, environmentally and socially. This book is not about a wish list of impractical choices, but the reality of decisions faced by all those involved in supply chain management today. Our definition of sustainable supply chains is not restricted to so-called "green" supply chains, but recognises that in order to be truly sustainable, supply chains must operate within a realistic financial structure, as well as contribute value to our society. Supply chains are not sustainable unless they are realistically funded and valued. Thus, a real definition of sustainable supply chain management must take account of all relevant economic, social and environmental issues. This book contains examples from a wide range of real-life case studies, and synthesizes the learnings from these many different situations to provide the fundamental building blocks at the centre of successful logistics and supply chain management.Table of ContentsSection A 11 A.1 The need for sustainable supply chain management 12 A.1.1. Sustainable Supply Chains 13 A.1.2. Best practice in Supply Chain management 13 A.1.3. The need for sustainable Supply Chains 14 A.1.4. The implications of modern Supply Chain management 17 A.1.5. Moving towards sustainable Supply Chains 20 A.1.6. The structure of this book 22 Section B 25 Section Overview 25 B. 27 B.1 Developing a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy 27 B.1.1. Introduction – The starting point 27 B.1.2. The Supply Chain Strategy – a critical success factor for sustainability 29 B.1.3. Ingredients of a Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy 38 B.1.4. An iterative approach to developing your Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy 46 B.1.5. Principles into practice 71 B.2 Managing Performance 73 B.2.1. Introduction 74 B.2.2. Measuring and monitoring sustainable Supply Chain 75 B.2.3. Evaluating impact of your SC activities on sustainability 76 B.2.4. Benefits of performance measurement 80 B.2.5. Problems with measuring performance 81 B.2.6. Stages of Supply Chain performance measurement 83 B.2.7. Visible Supply Chain - Process, Product and Performance 85 B.2.8. Product oriented monitoring 87 B.2.9. Supply Chain performance measurement – methods and approaches 88 B.2.10. Creating Supply Chain performance measurement system 89 B.2.11. Conclusions 92 B.3 Managing within your Organisation 95 B.3.1. Under your managerial control 96 B.3.2. Managing Processes 98 B.3.3. Managing Products 104 B.3.4. Managing Knowledge 106 B.3.5. Managing Infrastructure 112 B.3.6. Managing People & Teams 117 B.3.7. Managerial Challenge: Find and Prioritize your Internal Sustainability Gap 121 B.3.8. Summary and Conclusions 126 B.4 Managing Outside your Organisation 133 B.4.1. Introduction and structure of the chapter 134 B.4.2. Supply Chain Stakeholders – Who has which impact on your supply chain? 135 B.4.3. Action Fields for Supply Chain Stakeholder Management 143 B.4.4. Determining the “right” Supply Chain Stakeholders 147 B.4.5. Managing Supply Chain Stakeholders 156 B.4.6. Conclusion 169 B.5 Outside your control and influence - managing the unexpected 174 B.5.1. What’s this all about? 175 B.5.2. The Challenge – What is risk and why deal with it? 177 B.5.3. Dealing with Risk - Principles 181 B.5.4. Dealing with Risk – Getting Organised in Your Business 184 B.5.5. Dealing with Risk from outside your business 190 B.5.6. Uncontrollable Risks and how to handle them 194 B.5.7. Solutions - What makes the best practice in risk avoidance? 197 B.5.8. Managing Risk – the Principal Lessons from the bestLog Project 199 B.5.9. Summary 201 B.5.10. Definitions 203 B.5.11. Questions for Teachers 206 Section C 207 Section Overview 207 C. 208 C.1 Future sustainable supply chains 208 C.1.1. Understanding the future 208 C.1.2. The central question for sustainable supply chains 209 C.1.3. The driving forces that will influence sustainable supply chains 209 C.1.4. Considering the critical uncertainties in supply chain management 211 Section D 214 Section Overview 214 D. 215 D.1 Section Structure 215 D.2 Markets & Strategies Cases 216 D.2.1. Strategic Environmental Plan 216 D.3 Structure & Planning Cases 222 D.3.1. Consolidation and consignment 222 D.3.2. Supply network redesigning 227 D.3.3. Full speed Supply Chain 233 D.3.4. Collaborative Intermodal Transport with Supplier 238 D.3.5. Pooling 243 D.4 Processes & Operations Cases 248 D.4.1. Increased transport efficiency 248 D.4.2. Transportation of healthcare products by inland navigation 254 D.4.3. Intermodal transport in Retail 259 D.4.4. Intermodal less than truckload 264 D.4.5. Collaborative Intermodal Transport with LSP 269 D.4.6. e-Integration and Supplier Evaluation 273 D.4.7. Optimization of goods collection 278 D.4.8. Railway Transport 282 D.4.9. Consolidation by DC 287 D.4.10. Transport Marketplace 291 D.4.11. Transport Exchange 297 D.4.12. Influence of product design on warehousing and transport efficiency 301 D.5 Enablers & Support Cases 306 D.5.1. Telematics 306 D.5.2. IT Integration 311 D.5.3. Intermodal Terminal 316 D.5.4. Cargo Securing 320
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Lean Innovation: A Fast Path from Knowledge to
Book SynopsisWithin manufacturing, Lean has lead to significant results throughout the world. But what happens when Lean meets Innovation? Is the needed creativity destroyed, or can Lean make the results of the organization even better? In Lean Innovation, Claus Sehested and Henrik Sonnenberg reveal how a managed iteration between creativity and effectiveness can ensure that the visions of top management are realized through the innovation processes. Lean can elevate the innovation processes to a new level where they become a true strategic differentiator. The authors address the key challenges facing leaders of knowledge organizations, and present a number of principles which they can use to bring more leadership into the innovation work. They also discuss methods which can increase result focus and continuous learning in the core innovation processes. The book contains specific and practical examples from five companies who started on a Lean Innovation journey. Innovation Insights from Apple, Google, Toyota, IDEO and others are also included.Table of ContentsPart I Understanding the Background.- Introduction.- Chapter 1 The Potential of Lean Innovation.- Part II Understanding the Fundamentals.- Chapter 2 Understanding Innovation.- Chapter 3 Understanding Lean Innovation.- Part III Achieving Success with Lean Innovation.- Chapter 4 Releasing the Potential for Innovation.- Chapter 5 Active and Visible Management.- Chapter 6 Realizing Your Strategy through Portfolio Management.- Chapter 7 Projects Create Customer Value - Chapter 8 The Role of Project Support in Innovation.- Part IV Starting the Development Process.- Chapter 9 Fast from Knowledge to Value.- Postscript Fueled by a Dream.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Strategic Management of Global Manufacturing
Book SynopsisThe preceding process of globalization and the continuously rising competitive pressure on manufacturing companies in more developed economies unveiled the limits of classical site-focused optimization approaches. The focus of network optimization shifts ever more towards an integrative view of manufacturing networks, striving for a harmonization of the strategy-, configuration- and coordination levels. This book presents such an integrative approach to the strategic management of manufacturing networks. Besides strategic network requirements, this book discusses the derivation of an optimal global footprint and the optimization of network coordination activities. Special attention is paid to the site roles concept, especially to the concept of 'lead factory'. A large number of up-to-date cases from the producing industry enrich the book and provide the reader with vivid examples for the application of the presented concepts. Hence, this book is a must-read for both practitioners and academic researchers.Trade ReviewFrom the book reviews:“The authors’ aim is to explore strategic management challenges around global manufacturing networks. … In terms of content and structure, the book follows a logical progression from theory to application, with plenty of examples thrown in. … it all comes together nicely, making the book both a pleasant and informative read. … an excellent source for key concepts and their application and the numerous and detailed industry examples are both illustrative and enjoyable to read.” (Jannis Angelis, Production Planning & Control, October, 2014)Table of ContentsDevelopment of Production Management- from Site to Network Optimisation.- A Model for Network Design.- Clarification of the Initial Strategic Situation.- The Network Configuration.- Network Coordination.- Analysis and Design of Networks in Practice.- Outlook and Summary.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Six Sigma+Lean Toolset: Mindset for Successful Implementation of Improvement Projects
Book SynopsisThe current, second edition of this book reflects the 15 years of practical experience with the Six Sigma+Lean toolbox. It is a comprehensive collection of all the tools necessary for project work and running workshops when improving processes. All tools have been illustrated in a clear and comprehensible structure with examples and tips for applying the tools included. The chronology corresponds to the procedure of an improvement project comprising the steps D(efine), M(easure), A(nalyze), I(mprove) and C(ontrol).The most important innovation of this edition is the fact that it guides the user to select the appropriate tool using questions. The paradigm change from a Toolset to a Mindset has proven worthwhile in project work and ensures that corporate problems are addressed with the goal of achieving efficient solutions rather than having a large quantity of perfect tools to choose from. The efficiency factor of work in projects and workshops will therefore improve significantly. Through this paradigm change, connected with its unique structure, this book provides an effective tool not only for project and workshop leaders but also for the executives/sponsors involved who will be guided to solve the given task formulation quickly and in a sustainable way.Trade Review“The Six Sigma + Lean Toolset brings together the principles of Lean and Six Sigma in one single volume in a clear understandable format. This title has everything you need to know as a practitioner in one book. The book is both a practical and theoretical. … this book will suit those wishing to learn about Six Sigma and Lean as a beginner or a seasoned expert, this book will assist you in your Six Sigma and Lean efforts.” (Inside Business, Vol. 3 (5), June, 2015)“This book is a very good tool for the student interested in the contents of Six Sigma model. … If you are interested in Six Sigma or interested in implementing these techniques in your project this is the right book for you it is very well written with several supporting examples which makes the reading very pleasant. I really recommend this book for your bookshelf.” (Inspire and Action Blog, inspireandaction.wordpress.com, January, 2014)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- DEFINE - What is the Problem?.- MEASURE - How Big is the Problem?.- ANALYZE - What are the Root Causes of the Problem?.- IMPROVE - What are the Solutions for Eliminating the Causes?.-CONTROL - How can the Improvement's Sustainability be Ensured?
£71.24
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Innovation and Product Management: A Holistic and
Book SynopsisMarketplace complexity and dynamics create an environment that increases the uncertainty of innovation activities. In this context systematic management of innovation and product management are increasingly important for company success. This book presents the fundamentals of innovation and product management and introduces the reader to a holistic process model with particular focus on innovation and uncertainty. This integrated consideration of innovation management and product innovation within an interdisciplinary approach represents a unique characteristic of this book. The book is designed to address the needs of managers who want a practical but well-researched guide to innovation and product management. Graduate and advanced undergraduate students would also find the chapters in this book particularly useful.Table of ContentsPart I: Fundamentals of Innovation and Product Management.- Part II: Process of Innovation and Product Management.- Part III: Innovation and Product Management.- Broadening the Topic.
£61.74
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Prozessorientiertes Supply Chain Engineering:
Book SynopsisSupply Chain Management stellt im Wettbewerb der Wertschöpfungsketten für erfolgreiche Unternehmen eine zentrale Herausforderung dar. Holger Beckmann stellt einen systematischen, integralen Ansatz der Logistikplanung bereit, der die Grundlage für effektive und hoch effiziente Supply Chains bildet. Der Autor präsentiert eine systematische Anleitung, in welchen Schritten eine prozessorientierte Logistikplanung durchzuführen ist. Mit dem Prozesskettenmodell wird ein Ansatz aufgezeigt, der eine gezielte Analyse und Optimierung der Supply Chain ermöglicht. Hierbei werden Basiskonzepte, die Ansatzpunkte zur Optimierung der Supply Chain darstellen, ausführlich beschrieben.Table of ContentsSupply Chain Management.- Logistikplanung.- Prozesskettenmodell.- Prozessoptimierung.- Supply Chain Design.- Supply Chain Engineering.
£67.49
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Bewertung von Wertströmen:
Book SynopsisGestaltungsgegenstand dieser Arbeit ist ein Verfahren, das vor dem Hintergrund dieser Defizite die Bewertung von Wertströmen ganzheitlich, im Sinne von Kosten und Nutzen, sowohl im Material-, als auch im Informationsfluss des Unternehmens, betrachtet. Zum Einen soll die Frage beantwortet werden, welche Kriterien (Zielgrößen bzw. Kennzahlen) für die Bewertung von Wertströmen relevant sind und zum Anderen, wie können diese unterschiedlichen Kriterien in einem Bewertungsmodell zusammengefasst werden. Ziel der Arbeit ist somit die Entwicklung eines Verfahren zur Bewertung von Wertströmen unter Berücksichtigung eines zu definierenden Zielsystems.Table of ContentsWertstromdesign.- Kostenrechnung.- Lean Production.- Entscheidungstheorie.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Elektrofahrzeuge für die Städte von morgen:
Book SynopsisDieses Buch beschreibt die interdisziplinäre Entwicklung eines Elektrofahrzeuges unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Kundenanforderungen und intermodaler urbaner Mobilitätmuster im Jahre 2030. Das Ergebnis der Zusammenarbeit vonBetriebswirten, Psychologen, Designern, Stadtplanern und Ingenieuren ist der Designentwurf eines NRWCars 2030, das in einem Teststudio („Car Clinic“) mit möglichen Zielkunden der Elektromobilität getestet wurde. Ebenfalls gezeigt werden die Reaktionen auf eine Visualisierung der Stadtumgebung 2030, eineFahrt in einem Fahrsimulator und ein 1:5-Modell des Fahrzeugentwurfs.Table of ContentsInterdisziplinäre Betrachtung der intermodalen urbanen Mobilität: Neue Mobilität bei neuen Nutzer- und Nutzungsansprüchen – Managemententscheidungen über völlig neue Produkte trotz Marktunsicherheit – Psychologische Blockaden gegenüber Neuerungen – Technische Machbarkeit der intermodalen urbanenMobilität – Chancen für ein neues Design durch den Wandel zum elektrischen Individualverkehr – Interdisziplinäre Entwicklung eines Elektrofahrzeugs für die Stadt 2030: Entwurf und Test eines neuen Fahrzeugkonzepts im DesignStudio NRW – Vorarbeiten für den Entwurf des neuen Fahrzeugkonzepts – Entwurf des NRWCars 2030 – Test des NRWCars 2030 in einer „Car Clinic“.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Innovative Supply-Chain-Management-Konzepte:
Book SynopsisWanja Wellbrock erstellt erstmalig ein Entwicklungsprozessmodell für SCM-Innovationen, leitet daraus selbstständig bzw. in Kooperation mit der Unternehmenspraxis drei innovative Supply-Chain-Management-Konzepte (Tier-n-Management, Value Added Assembly, Supplier Controlled Sequencing) ab und weist deren Anwendbarkeit in der Praxis nach. Sowohl in der Logistikforschung als auch in der Unternehmenspraxis besteht ein hoher Bedarf an innovativen Lösungen im Supply Chain Management. Das Entwicklungsprozessmodell basiert auf einer branchenübergreifenden Bedarfsanalyse und entsteht sowohl aus theoretischen, als auch empirischen Ansätzen.Table of ContentsBranchenübergreifende Bedarfsanalyse innovativer Supply-Chain-Management-Konzepte.- Phasenmodell für den Entwicklungsprozess innovativer Supply-Chain-Lösungen.- Entwicklung innovativer Supply-Chain-Management-Konzepte in der Unternehmenspraxis.- Theoretische Herleitung innovativer Supply-Chain-Management-Konzepte.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Green Logistics: Konzept, aktuelle Entwicklungen
Book SynopsisDieses Essential zeigt aktuelle Entwicklungen im Bereich Green Logistics. Neben methodischen Grundlagen werden konkrete Handlungsfelder anhand der Ansätze Vermeiden, Verlagern und Vermindern entwickelt. In Bezug auf die „Vermeidung“ wird die Bedeutung der Transportintensität, von logistischen Steuerungsprinzipien sowie ein notwendiger Paradigmenwechsel beschrieben. Hinsichtlich der „Verlagerung“ werden die logistischen Vor- und Nachteile des Schienengüterverkehrs sowie der Handlungsbedarf der Akteure aufgezeigt. Schließlich erläutern die Ansätze zur „Verminderung“ technische und organisatorische Ansätze zur Emissionsreduktion im Straßengüterverkehr.Table of Contents
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Category Supply Management: Entwicklung einer
Book SynopsisMit der Konzeption des Category Supply Managements entwickelt Karl J. Grajczyk einen umfassenden Managementansatz zur Entwicklung, Steuerung und Umsetzung von Einkaufsstrategien für differenzierte Warengruppen. Aus einer Befragung internationaler produzierender Unternehmen leitet der Autor umfassende Handlungsempfehlungen für die funktionsübergreifende Umsetzung des warengruppenorientieren Supply Managements durch industrielle Einkaufsmanager ab. Da die Segmentierung des Einkaufsvolumens in Waren- bzw. Materialgruppen einen weiten Verbreitungsgrad in Unternehmen aufweist, werden in dieser Arbeit strategische Ansätze der Einkaufspraxis und der betriebswirtschaftlichen Warengruppenforschung miteinander verbunden.Table of ContentsWarengruppenmanagement im Einkauf von Industrieunternehmen.- Einkaufskompetenzansatz.- Strategien und Praktiken des Warengruppenmanagements.- Steuerung- und Koordination von Warengruppen des Einkaufs.- Leistung und Erfolg des Warengruppenmanagements.
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