Watson M. at al. Supply Chain Network Design: Applying Optimization and Analytics to the Global Supply Chain

FT Press, 2013. — 355 p.Introduction and Basic Building Blocks.
The Value of Supply Chain Network Design.
Intuition Building with Center of Gravity Models.
Locating Facilities Using a Distance-Based Approach.
Alternative Service Levels and Sensitivity Analysis.
Adding Capacity to the Model.
Adding Costs to Two-Echelon Supply Chains.
Adding Outbound Transportation to the Model.
Introducing Facility Fixed and Variable Costs.
Baselines and Optimal Baselines.
Advanced Modeling and Expanding to Multiple Echelons.
Three-Echelon Supply Chain Modeling.
Adding Multiple Products and Multisite Production Sourcing.
Multi-Objective Optimization.
How to Get Industrial-Strength Results.
The Art of Modeling.
Data Aggregation in Network Design.
Creating a Group and Running a Project.
Case Study Wrap Up.
Case Study: JPMS Chemicals Case Study.