Collaborative Planning in Supply Chains (eBook)

Foreword to the Second Edition 5
Foreword to the First Edition 6
Preface to the Second Edtion 8
Preface to the First Edtion 10
Table of Contents 11
1 Introduction 13
2 Supply Chain Management and Collaborative Planning 16
2.1 The Concept of Supply Chains 16
2.2 Overview of Supply Chain Management 18
2.3 Operations Planning in Supply Chains 23
3 Modeling Framework and Relevant Literature 36
3.1 Modeling 36
3.2 Benefits of Information Sharing and Collaboration 48
3.3 Coordination of Planning Processes Along the Supply Chain 53
4 Negotiation-Based Collaborative Planning between Two Partners 68
4.1 Assumptions and Overview 68
4.2 Iterative Planning Steps 72
4.3 Collaborative Planning Process in Total 102
4.4 Summary and Comments 112
5 Extensions to the Basic Collaborative Planning Scheme 114
5.1 Extended Supply Chain Structures 114
5.2 Planning on a Rolling Basis 126
5.3 Limited Exchange of Cost Information 136
6 Implications on Supply Contracts and Partner Incentives 142
6.1 Contractual Consequences 142
6.2 Potentials of Opportunistic Behavior and Counteractions 158
7 Computational Evaluation 176
7.1 Implementation of the Collaborative Planning Scheme 176
7.2 Generation of Test Instances 179
7.3 Tests with a Single Buyer and Supplier 184
7.4 Tests with One Supplier and Several Buyers 204
7.5 Tests with Rolling Schedules 212
8 Summary and Conclusions 225
References 228
List of Figures 238
List of Tables 239
List of Symbols 240