Supply Chain Engineering and Logistics Handbook : Inventory and Production Control

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Part 1 Understanding Global Supply Chain Engineering -- 1 Introduction to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Supply Chain -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Other Industrial Revolutions -- 1.3 Supply Chain Envisioned for the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- 1.4 National Research Agenda on SC -- 2 Global Supply Chain Engineering Definitions -- 2.1 History of Global Supply Chain Management -- Review Questions -- 2.2 GSC Engineering Supply Chain Planning Levels -- 2.3 Global Supply Chain Engineering Planning Supports Operational Optimization -- 2.4 Cyber-Enabled Best Practices for Success -- 2.5 Information Use in the Supply Chain -- 2.6 Inventory in the Supply Chain -- 2.7 Business Responsiveness -- 2.8 Summary -- End of Chapter Questions -- References -- 3 Evaluating the Impact of Sustainability and Pipeline Quality on the Global Crude Oil Supply Chain -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Research Signicfiance -- 3.3 Research Questions and Hypothesis -- 3.4 Research Purposes -- 3.5 Background -- 3.6 Research Methodology -- 3.7 Results -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Appendix 3.A: U.S. Petroleum and Other Liquids Production, Estimated Consumption, and Net Imports (1995-2013) (million barrels per day) -- Appendix 3.B: U.S. Net Imports of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products from Saudi Arabia, Canada, Russia, and Colombia (2004-2014) (thousand barrels per day) -- Appendix 3.C: Russia Crude Oil Production, Consumption, and Net Exports (1992-2013) (thousand barrels per day) -- Appendix 3.D: Colombia Crude Oil Production, Consumption, and Net Exports (1990- 2013) (thousand barrels per day) -- References -- Part 2 Basic Knowledge for Global Supply Chain Engineering -- 4 Forecasting in Global Supply Chain Engineering -- 4.1 Forecasting -- 4.2 Aggregate Planning.