Logistics Network Model
New trade agreements, shifting customer and supplier locations, changing labor and freight rates, fuel costs, new products and markets all conspire to […]
Tag: Logistics Network Optimization
Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 6
STEP 6: DETAIL AND DO Step 6 details and implements the network plan selected in Step 5. If the purpose of the […]
Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 5
STEP 5: EVALUATE ALTERNATIVES In Step 5, the planner evaluates the network plans developed in Step 4 by running several alternative scenarios. […]
Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 4
STEP 4: CREATE SCENARIOS In Step 4, the planner develops scenarios to model various elements of the problem. Each scenario is generated […]
Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 3
STEP 3: ANALYZE SENSITIVITIES In Step 3, the planner runs the model using optimization software; identifies any infeasibilities, and then troubleshoots. Once […]
Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 2
STEP 2: DEFINE THE VARIABLES In Step 2 of Simplified SNP, the planner adapts an existing model to the needs of the […]
Simplified Systematic Network Planning – step 1
STEP 1: ORIENT THE PROJECT Step 1 organizes the project and assures that it is well-defined, understood and realistically scheduled. SNP uses […]
Simplified Systematic Network Planning
THE NETWORK IN SIX STEPS CHANDRA NATARAJAN and LEE HALES describe a systematic six-step procedure for effective logistics network planning. Supply chain […]
Supply Chain Optimization Benefits
Supply chain and logistic networks consist of locations – suppliers, plants, warehouses, and customers – and the product transportation between them. Network […]
Paper Modeling for Supply Chain Optimization
Whenever doing any kind of analysis its tempting to start loading up the tables or spreadsheets and start slicing and dicing only […]
Lean String Theory
Before the widespread use of computers the location of warehouses, stores, franchises were often settled by using a ‘string map’. Pins were […]