Quantitative Models In Operations And Supply Chain Management

G. SRINIVASAN (Ph.D.) is Professor of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained his doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Management from IIT Madras in the year 1990. He has about twenty years of teaching and research experience in the areas of operations management and operations research. Professor Srinivasan has contributed several research papers in reputed journals. He is also the author of Operations Research: Principles and Applications, published by PHI Learning.

His areas of interest include operations research, operations and supply chain management and manufacturing systems management.

Designed as a textbook for the students of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, the book presents a comprehensive view of the concepts and applications of various quantitative models used in the study of operations and supply chain management. It provides a complete account of location and layout models, production planning models, production control models, cycle inventory models, safety stock models and transportation models. A separate chapter on real-life situations provides the user with the knowledge of specific areas where the models have been applied in decision-making processes. The various techniques to solve operations and supply chain management problems are also discussed.

The text is supported by a large number of illustrative examples, exercises and review questions to reinforce the students’ understanding of the subject matter.

Besides students of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, the book would also be useful to postgraduate students of Management.

ISBN: 9788120339811
Published by: PHI Learning

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