Single-Site Inventory Model for Repairable Items -- Metric: A Multi-Echelon Model -- Demand Processes and Demand Prediction -- Vari-Metric: A Multi-Echelon, Multi-Indenture Model -- Multi-Echelon, Multi-Indenture Models With Periodic Supply And Redundancy -- Special Topics in Periodic Supply --...

The Handbook is a comprehensive research reference that is essential for anyone interested in conducting research in supply chain. Unique features include: -A focus on the intersection of quantitative supply chain analysis and E-Business, -Unlike other edited volumes in the supply chain area,...

In this volume consideration was given to more advanced theoretical approaches and novel applications of reliability to ensure that topics having a futuristic impact were specifically included. Topics like finance, forensics, information, and orthopedics, as well as the more traditional...

Fuzzy Logic in Management demonstrates that difficult problems and changes in the management environment can be more easily handled by bringing fuzzy logic into the practice of management. This explicit theme is developed through the book as follows: Chapter 1, "Management and Intelligent...

Core Concepts and Practices -- Principles for the Strategic Design of Supply Chains -- Tactical Planning for Reinventing the Supply Chain -- The Role of Inventory in Superior Supply Chain Performance -- Supply Chain Performance Metrics -- Emerging Supply Chain Practices -- Sourcing Strategy and...

I Introduction to Grids and Resource Management -- 1 The Grid in a Nutshell -- 2 Ten Actions When Grid Scheduling -- 3 Application Requirements for Resource Brokering in a Grid Environment -- 4 Attributes for Communication Between Grid Scheduling Instances -- 5 Security Issues of Grid Resource...