Supply Chain Configuration: Concepts, Solutions, and Applications (Hardcover)

Supply Chain Configuration Problem and Issues.- Configuration.- Scope of Supply Chain Configuration Problem.- Literature Review.- Reconfigurable Supply Chains: An Integrated Framework.- Methodology for Supply Chain Configuration.- Solutions.- Knowledge Management as the Basis of Crosscutting Problem-Solving Approaches.- Information Modeling Approaches.- Mathematical Programming Approaches.- Simulation Modeling Approaches.- Hybrid Approaches.- Information Technology Support for Configuration Problem Solving.- Applications.- Review of Applied Studies.- Applications in Automotive Industry.- Application in Retail: Locating a Distribution Center.- Future Research Directions in Supply Chain Configuration Problem.