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Design of Distribution Chain. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, May 2009, Pages: 168
In today’s buyers' market, the enterprises that are
able to win the market will win the competition.
That is why the study on distribution chain is
attracting extensive attentions from academics
and industry. In this book, an integrated
methodology is developed to design a distribution
chain. A distribution chain will be designed in three
phases. In the pre-design phase, all possible
distributors are evaluated quantitatively, and a set
of eligible distributors are selected to design a
distribution chain. In the design phase, a set of
models are developed to design a distribution chain.
The main design results include: configuration of the
distribution chain (including number and
location of distributors), inventory control
parameters at each node, and product delivery routes
between different nodes. In the post-design
phase, to verify the design results, the
distribution chain designed above is simulated, and
its performance is evaluated. This book should be
especially useful to managers, practitioners,
researchers, and consultants who are concerned with
distribution chain (or supply chain) planning,
operation and performance evaluation.
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