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Software Applications in Supply Chain Management

Software Applications in Supply Chain Management. Winter 2002: BA 420 - Seminar in Business Administration Software Applications in Supply Chain Management In Future: BA 5332/408E - Logistics and Supply Chain Modeling Course Home Page: www.umsl.edu/~campbell/5332/syllabus.htm

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Software Applications in Supply Chain Management

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  1. Software Applications in Supply Chain Management Winter 2002: BA 420 - Seminar in Business Administration Software Applications in Supply Chain Management In Future: BA 5332/408E - Logistics and Supply Chain Modeling Course Home Page: www.umsl.edu/~campbell/5332/syllabus.htm James Campbell’s home page: www.umsl.edu/~campbell

  2. Outline • Syllabus • Definitions • Strategic Distribution System Design • Vehicle Routing & Scheduling • Software

  3. Contact Information • Lead Instructor: Dr. James Campbell • Office: 208 CCB • Email: campbell@umsl.edu • Phone: office: (314) 516-6125 • fax: (314) 516-6827 • Office Hours: TR 10:00-10:45, TR 3:00-3:45 and by appointment • Other Instructors: Dr. David Ronen Dr. Ray Mundy Dr. Don Sweeney • Industry Speakers

  4. Course outline Class Dates Topic Instructor 1 1/15 Introduction Campbell 2,3 1/17,22 Supply Chain Network Design Ronen 4-7 1/24-2/5 SAILS Mundy 8-11 2/7-2/19 Manugistics Network Strategy Sweeney 12 2/21 Supply Chain Applications Noce 13 2/26 Intro. to Midterm & Final Project Campbell 14,15 2/28,3/5 Vehicle Routing & Scheduling Campbell 16 3/7 Midterm Project Presentations 17-20 3/12-21 CAPS RoutePro Campbell 21 4/2 CAPS RoutePro Campbell 22 4/4 Vehicle Routing Applications 23-27 4/9-23 ArcLogistics Route Campbell 28,29 4/25,30 Final Project Work 30 5/2 Summary & Final Project Work 5/14 Final Project Presentations

  5. Grading • Assignments 12% • Quizzes 6% • Article Review 14% • Midterm Project 30% • Final Project 33% • Class Participation 5%

  6. Course Work • Assignments: • 3 assignments, with SAILS, CAPS, ArcLogistics Route • Quizzes: • over readings and materials presented in class • Article Review: • Midterm & Final Projects: • Midtem: Groups of 2 students using SAILS • Final: Groups of 3 or 4 students using SAILS, CAPS or ArcLogistics Route • Written and oral presentation

  7. Readings • Readings page linked to syllabus • Some articles on-line • linked from Readings page • Other articles available in class or from Center for Transportation Studies

  8. Article Review • Critical review of an application-oriented article on modeling, optimization or decision support systems in the supply chain. • Non-technical executive summary • Concise and carefully edited; <= four pages • Clearly present: • problem addressed, • solution approach or methodology, • any commercial software or consultants used • results. • Address: • key assumptions • limitations of the solution approach or results • applicability of the ideas to similar problems (in other firms) • Include a brief critique that identifies strengths and weaknesses of the article

  9. Definitions • Supply Chain Management - the systemic, strategic coordination of the traditional business functions and the tactics across these business functions within a particular company and across businesses within the supply chain for the purposes of improving the long-term performance of the individual companies and the supply chain as a whole. (CLM) • Logistics - Logistics is that part of the supply chain process that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements. (CLM) • Logistics - Science of managing (controlling) the movement and storage of goods (or people) from acquisition to consumption.

  10. 52 Retail Outlets in USA... Retail Outlets

  11. SEA CHI NY LA ATL ...served by 5 Warehouses Single stop and multi-stop routes Retail Outlets Warehouses

  12. SEA CHI NY LA ATL 2 Plants, 5 Warehouses P2 P1 Plants Warehouses

  13. SEA CHI NY Retail Outlets Plants Warehouses LA ATL Outbound Distribution System 2 plants, 5 warehouses, 52 retail outlets P2 P1

  14. Plants Warehouses Plants Supply Points Sub-assembly plants Inbound Distribution System 9 suppliers, 3 sub-assembly plants, 2 plants P2 P1 LA

  15. SEA CHI NY Retail Outlets Plants Warehouses Supply Points Sub-assembly plants LA ATL Total Distribution System 9 suppliers, 3 sub-assembly plants, 2 plants, 5 warehouses, 52 retail outlets P2 P1

  16. Total Distribution System 9 suppliers, 3 sub-assembly plants, 2 plants, 5 warehouses, 52 retail outlets SEA P1 CUSTOMERS LA CHI ATL P2 NY

  17. Supply Chain Software • Strategic Distribution System (Supply Chain) Design • SAILS • Manugistics Network Strategy • Vehicle Routing and Scheduling • CAPS RoutePro • ArcLogistics Route

  18. Strategic Distribution System Design Software • Determine the best number, size, and location of raw material suppliers, plants, production lines, and DCs (distribution centers) • Assign customers to DCs • Evaluate ownership options (owned, leased, public) • Evaluate cost vs. service level tradeoffs • SAILS - www.insight-mss.com • Manugistics Network Strategy - www.manugistics.com

  19. Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Software • Detemine the best routes and schedules to serve a set of orders for delivery and/or pickup • Assign customers (orders) to routes (dynamically) • Assign routes to vehicles and drivers to vehicles • Evaluate cost vs. service level tradeoffs • CAPS RoutePro - www.capslogistics.com • ArcLogistics Route - www.esri.com/software/arclogistics

  20. Commercial Software • Capable of solving large and complex problems. • Used in practice by many major public and private organizations. • Large, complex and hard to master. • Not designed for academic use!

  21. Readings for next classes • Optimization, Heuristics and Simulation • "Optimization Models for Logistics Decisions", Journal of Business Logistics 10(1) 1989, 106-121. • "Heuristics: Rules of Thumb for Logistics Decision Making", Journal of Business Logistics 10(1) 1989, 122-132. • "Simulation in Logistics: A Review of Present practice and a look to the Future", Journal of Business Logistics 10(1) 1989, 133-148. • Distribution System Design • "Twenty years of strategic distribution system design: an evolutionary perspective", Interfaces 25(5) Sep 1995, 105-127. • Facility Location Software Survey • "Facility Location Commercial Software Survey", Journal of Business Logistics 20(1) 1999, 215-233.

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