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Alternative Supply Chain Design Strategies with Operational Considerations: A Case Study for a Windows Manufacturing Company

Celikbilek, Can
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458302171

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio University, Industrial and Systems Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
This dissertation aims to fulfill the gap of designing the supply chain system as a whole and looking at overall design across the supply chain of the company in the long term rather than short term. This dissertation is inspired from the window manufacturer which manufactures and distributes vinyl windows to meet new construction and replacement/remodeling sector demand. In this dissertation, complementary analytical models are discussed to determine efficient way to design a supply chain network. Mainly, design aspect and operational aspect of a supply chain system are considered. In the design aspect, number of manufacturing facilities, location/allocation decisions are determined. Then, the number of distribution centers, location and allocation decisions are made. Continuing with that, manufacturing configuration of each individual manufacturing facility is designed in detail and analyzed. In the proposed layered cellular manufacturing system design, based on the demand and processing requirements, products are grouped into product families and assigned to dedicated, shared and remainder cells. In the operational aspect, based on the designed manufacturing system, cell loading and product sequencing are performed. Moreover, vehicle routing system is designed to reach out the end customers in the supply chain system. All in all, this dissertation is unique in the sense of covering different levels of supply chain planning and decisions with nested approaches of facilities location, manufacturing system design, network design and vehicle routing design. New mathematical models and various new heuristic approaches are proposed to design a supply chain system in the presence of high-volume and low-volume windows demand.
Gürsel A. Süer , PhD (Advisor)
Faizul Huq, PhD (Committee Member)
M. Khurrum Bhutta , PhD (Committee Member)
Dale Masel, PhD (Committee Member)
Diana Schwerha , PhD (Committee Member)
339 p.
Engineering; Industrial Engineering; Operations Research
Supply Chain Design and Optimization; Demand Management Strategy; Mathematical Modeling; Heuristics; Facility Location; Cellular Manufacturing; Vehicle Routing with Time Windows

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  • Celikbilek, C. (2016). Alternative Supply Chain Design Strategies with Operational Considerations: A Case Study for a Windows Manufacturing Company [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458302171

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Celikbilek, Can. Alternative Supply Chain Design Strategies with Operational Considerations: A Case Study for a Windows Manufacturing Company. 2016. Ohio University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458302171.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Celikbilek, Can. "Alternative Supply Chain Design Strategies with Operational Considerations: A Case Study for a Windows Manufacturing Company." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1458302171

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