Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management, Twelfth Edition
by Jay Heizer, Barry Render, Chuck Munson
Summary
Myriad tools have been developed to help supply-chain managers make well-informed decisions. We have provided a small sampling in this supplement. A decision tree can help determine the best number of suppliers to protect against supply disruption from potential disasters. The bullwhip measure can identify each supply chain member’s contribution to exacerbating ordering fluctuations. The factor-weighting approach can be used to help select suppliers based on multiple criteria. Inventory holding costs can be computed for various shipping alternatives to better compare their overall cost impact. Finally, items can be ranked according to the ratio of (trips/blocks of storage) to determine their best placement in a warehouse.
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