Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are important concepts in order to organize and optimize the flow of materials, information and financial funds. This book, already in its fifth edition, gives a broad and up-to-date overview of the concepts underlying APS. Special emphasis is given to modeling supply chains and implementing APS successfully in industry. Understanding is enhanced by several case studies covering APS from various software vendors. The fifth edition contains updated material, rewritten chapters and an additional case study.
Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are important concepts in order to organize and optimize the flow of materials, information and financial funds. This book, already in its fifth edition, gives a broad and up-to-date overview of the concepts underlying APS. Special emphasis is given to modeling supply chains and implementing APS successfully in industry. Understanding is enhanced by several case studies covering APS from various software vendors. The fifth edition contains updated material, rewritten chapters and an additional case study.
Leading experts in the fields of Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning from consultancy companies and academia provide insights into the concepts underlying APS Nine case studies cover APS from various software vendors and provide valuable insights regarding its successful implementation As a supplement, basics of major solution algorithms used within APS are introduced accompanied by numerical examples
Hartmut Stadtler
SCM advanced planning advanced planning systems enterprise resources planning hierarchical planning optimization supply chain management Engineering Economics