| dc.description.abstract | In everyday life, all of us take supply chain and operations management (SCOM)
decisions. If you move to a new flat, location planning is first necessary. Second, you
need a plan of how to design the overall process. This includes capacity planning,
transportation planning, and human resource planning. You also need to replenish
some items and do procurement planning. Finally, a detailed schedule for the day of
the move is needed.
Similarly, building a new house involves many SCOM decisions. Again, it starts
with location selection. If you decide to coordinate the overall process by yourself, it
is necessary to coordinate the entire supply chain of different manufacturers and
workmen. In turn, they need the detailed data of your plans and forecasted data to
plan their own process and sourcing activities. In order to avoid traffic jams at the
building site, detailed coordination at the vehicle routing level is needed.
SCOM belongs to the most exciting management areas. These functionalities are
tangible and in high demand in all industries and services. This study book intends to
provide both the introduction to and advanced knowledge in the SCOM field.
Providing readers with a working knowledge of SCOM, this textbook can be used
in core, special, and advanced classes. Therefore, the book is targeted at a broad
range of students and professionals involved in SCOM.
Special focus is directed at bridging theory and practice. Since managers use both
quantitative and qualitative methods in making their decisions, the book follows
these practical knowledge requirements. Decision-oriented and method-oriented
perspectives determine the philosophy of the book. In addition, because of the
extensive use of information technology and optimization techniques in SCOM,
we pay particular attention to this aspect.
Next, a strong global focus with more than 80 up-to-date cases and practical
examples from all over the world is a distinguishing feature of this textbook. The
case studies encompass different industries and services and consider examples of
successful and failed SCOM practices in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and
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