Supply Chain Structures

In the foreword to Supply Chain Structures, Professor Paul Zipkin notes three global changes that have enabled the recent vast developments in the field of supply chains. Moreover, these changes may be only the beginning and more change is likely in the fast-moving field of supply chain management. These global changes are: the explosive growth of the Internet; the growth in free-market economies with the corresponding political interest in global economic stability; and the emergence of a global managerial culture focused on performance, quality, and service. Professor Zipkin goes on to say "In Supply Chain Structures, the editors Jeannette Song and David Yao have collected a spectrum of approaches to these challenges from some of the leading scholars of supply chains, from both the academic and commercial worlds. Each of the articles offers an interesting and illuminating way to think about the key issues in supply chain management. Some also offer practical techniques to solve important problems. Together they provide an excellent survey of the current state of the art in research and practice."

Introduction and Overview

1

(6)

Jing-Sheng Song

David D. Yao

Structures, Flexibility, and Coordination

2

(1)

Value of Information

3

(1)

Optimization, with Industrial Applications

4

(1)

Inventory-Service Tradeoff under Demand Correlation

5

(2)

Efficient Supply Chain Structures for Personal Computers

7

(38)

Lingxiu Dong

Hau L. Lee

Introduction

7

(4)

Literature Review

11

(1)

Distribution Channel Structures and Supply Chain Performance

12

(13)

Postponement in Channel Assembly

25

(6)

Conclusions and Discussions

31

(2)

Appendix: Notation

33

(3)

Appendix: Proofs

36

(9)

Intrafirm Incentives and Supply Chain Performance

45

(28)

Narendra Agrawal

Andy A. Tsay

Introduction

45

(3)

Model Assumptions

48

(2)

Analysis of Control System M

50

(4)

Analysis of Control System R

54

(2)

Analysis of Control System C

56

(1)

Comparing the Control Systems

57

(6)

Conclusion

63

(1)

Appendix: Proofs of Theorems

64

(9)

Impact of Manufacturing Flexibility on Supply Chain Performance in the Automotive Industry

73

(46)

Stephan Biller

Ebru K. Bish

Ana Muriel

Introduction and Motivation

73

(2)

The Automotive Supply Chain

75

(6)

Model Overview and Analytical Results

81

(21)

A Simulation Study

102

(11)

Conclusions and Directions for Future Research

113

(6)

Optimal Use of Demand Information in Supply Chain Management

119

(42)

Guillermo Gallego

Ozalp Ozer

Introduction

119

(2)

Using Current Demand Information

121

(9)

Using Advance Demand Information

130

(26)

Directions for Future Research

156

(5)

Supply Chain Information Sharing in a Competitive Environment

161

(46)

Lode Li

Hongtao Zhang

Introduction

161

(2)

The Models

163

(4)

Cournot Retailers and a Homogeneous Product

167

(10)

Make-to-Stock Manufacturer

177

(6)

Duopoly Retailers with Differentiated Goods

183

(11)

Information about Cost Uncertainty

194

(5)

Conclusions and Future Research

199

(2)

Bibliographical Notes

201

(6)

Planning and Scheduling in an Assemble-To-Order Environment: Spicer-Off-Highway Products Division

207

(50)

Nico J. Vandaele

Marc R. Lambrecht

Introduction

207

(1)

The Business Case: Spicer-Off-Highway

208

(5)

The ACLIPS Approach

213

(13)

Methodological Issues

226

(21)

The Results of ACLIPS

247

(5)

Conclusion

252

(5)

Network Server Supply Chain at HP: A Case Study

257

(26)

Dirk Beyer

Julie Ward

Introduction

257

(4)

Problem Description

261

(5)

Related Literature

266

(2)

The Model

268

(2)

Approach

270

(6)

Sample Results

276

(3)

Conclusion

279

(4)

Inventory Allocation at a Semiconductor Company

283

(28)

Alexander O. Brown

Markus Ettl

Grace Y. Lin

Raja Petrakian

David D. Yao

Introduction

284

(2)

Production-Inventory Planning at Xilinx

286

(3)

Problem Formulation

289

(3)

The Optimization Algorithm

292

(3)

Safety-Stock Constraints

295

(3)

Numerical Results

298

(9)

Summary and Conclusions

307

(4)

Leadtime, Inventory, and Service Level in ATO Systems

311

(48)

Yashan Wang

Introduction

311

(3)

The Model and the Asymptotic Fill Rate

314

(6)

Leadtime-Inventory Trade-Offs

320

(10)

Cost Optimization

330

(14)

Proofs

344

(9)

Concluding Remarks

353

(6)

Dependence Analysis of Assemble-to-Order Systems

359

(56)

Susan H. Xu

Introduction

359

(6)

The Approach and Main Results

365

(4)

The Model and Performance Measures

369

(5)

Dependence Orders of Product-Type Indicator Vectors

374

(9)

Capacitated Assemble-to-Order Systems

383

(9)

Uncapacitated Assemble-to-Order Systems

392

(4)

Performance Bounds

396

(12)

Summary

408

(1)

Appendices

409

(6)

Inventory Policies for Sequences of Multi-Item Demands with No Backorders Permitted

415

John W. Mamer

Stephen A. Smith

Introduction

418

The Model

418

Two Examples

429

Conclusion

434

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