Flexibility Planning in Distribution Networks : A Flexibility Planning Model for the Consumer Goods Industry

Intro -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 CURRENT SITUATION -- 1.2 PROBLEM STATEMENT -- 1.3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES -- 1.4 RESEARCH DESIGN -- 1.5 STRUCTURE OF THIS WORK -- 2 STATE OF THE ART ANALYSIS -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION INTO THE BASIC TERMINOLOGY AND DEDUCTION OF REQUIREMENTS -- 2.1.1 Supply Chains and Distribution Networks -- 2.1.2 Flexibility in Supply Chains -- 2.1.3 Characteristics of Distribution Networks in the Consumer Goods Industry -- 2.1.4 Distribution Planning -- 2.1.5 Flexibility Management -- 2.2 REVIEW OF EXISTING WORKS -- 2.2.1 Identification and Positioning of Relevant Contributions -- 2.2.2 Analysis Regarding Distribution Planning-related Requirements -- 2.2.3 Analysis Regarding Flexibility-related Requirements -- 2.3 DENOMINATION OF THE RESEARCH GAP -- 2.4 DEDUCTION OF ARTIFACTS -- 3 MODELING FLEXIBILITY IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE MODELING OF DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS -- 3.1.1 The Use of Optimization Techniques -- 3.1.2 Network Flow Problems -- 3.1.3 A Multi-Period Distribution Network Model -- 3.2 PLANNING MODELS IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS -- 3.2.1 Network Planning -- 3.2.2 Hierarchical Planning -- 3.2.3 Planning Under Uncertainty -- 3.3 MODELING FLEXIBILITY POTENTIALS IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS -- 3.3.1 Basic Notion of the Three Modeling Dimensions -- 3.3.2 External Flexibility Potentials -- 3.3.3 Internal Flexibility Potentials -- 3.3.4 Volume Flexibility in Distribution Networks -- 3.4 MODELING THE FLEXIBILITY MEASURES -- 3.4.1 Flexibility Measures in Distribution Networks -- 3.4.2 Characterizing Attributes of the Flexibility Measures -- 4 DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLEXIBILITY PLANNING MODEL -- 4.1 INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS AND GENERAL SETTING -- 4.2 TWO-STAGE HIERARCHICAL PLANNING -- 4.3 THE DETERMINISTIC TOP-LEVEL FLEXIBILITY PLANNING MODEL -- 4.3.1 General Considerations -- 4.3.2 Planning the Network Flow.