Integrated safety stock management for multi-stage supply chains under production capacity constraints

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2570-2581

  Jung, June Young ^a   Blau, Gary ^a   Pekny, Joseph F ^a   Reklaitis, Gintaras V ^a   Eversdyk, David ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer service level; Demand uncertainty; Discrete event simulation; Linear programming; Multi stage supply chain management; Safety stock levels; Sim Opt

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPETITION; COSTS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FINANCE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION; MANAGEMENT; OPERATING COSTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PETROCHEMICALS; PLANNING; PLANT MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SALES; SCHEDULING; STAGES; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

BASE-STOCK POLICIES; CASE STUDIES; CHEMICAL-; COMPUTATIONAL CHALLENGES; CONTROL VARIABLES; CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL; DECISION VARIABLES; DELIVERY-TIME; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODELS; END CUSTOMERS; FINAL PRODUCTS; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY LEVELS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MULTI-STAGE; MULTI-STAGE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE PRODUCTS; MULTIPLE STAGES; OFF-LINE COMPUTATION; PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES; PRODUCTION CAPACITIES; PRODUCTION CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; PRODUCTION FACILITIES; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; PRODUCTION SITES; SAFETY PRODUCTION; SAFETY STOCK LEVELS; SAFETY STOCKS; SERVICE LEVELS; SIM-OPT; STOCK LEVELS; SUB-NETWORKS; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAIN DEMANDS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 50549102052     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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