Conference Slide Presentations

INFORMS Atlanta,Georgia October 2003


Using Modeling and Optimization to Achieve Better Supply Chain Planning

Abstract: This talk will look at solving supply chain network design problems, both from a business perspective (e.g. how do we go from the available accounting data to the required cost coefficients?) and an optimization perspective (how do we ensure that we get efficient product solutions?)


Author: Jim Piermarini
Profit Point, Inc.
Email: gene@profitpt.com
Home Page: www.profitpt.com

Slides

  1. Using Modeling and Optimization to Achieve Better Supply Chain Planning Gene Ramsay gene@profitpt.com 404 261 0878
  2. PPT Slide
  3. PPT Slide
  4. The Organizations Involved Frequently Have Conflicting Objectives
  5. The Goal of Supply Chain Management is to Reduce Organizational Inefficiencies
  6. A Company Has to Both Design and Operate the Supply Chain
  7. Network Design Example
  8. Current Customer Locations
  9. PPT Slide
  10. In Supply Chain Design Your Goal Is Balancing Capital and Operating Costs
  11. In Developing a Model to Solve These Problems You Must
  12. Realize That the User Will Have to Deal With
  13. Building a Supply Chain Model, Step by Step
  14. The Core: A Basic Network Design Model Would Include
  15. Example: A Single-Product Transportation Model
  16. Transportation Model Problem Statement in MPL
  17. Level 2: Add a Data Repository
  18. Level 3: Build an Application Around the Modeling Process
  19. Level 4: Add More Sophisticated Results Review Capability
  20. Visual Results Are Easier to Understand
  21. Key Performance Indicators

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