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Global Supply Chain Inventory Management and Production Planning Strategies

Sadeghi, Azadeh
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1509528764663001

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2017, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Industrial and Systems Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
In this research, inventory management and production planning are applied in a global supply chain system. Data set comes from a pharmaceutical company that produces blood sugar strips. There is a manufacturing plants located in Puerto Rico with its own warehouse. Based on the customer demand, distribution centers and regional retailer centers are established in the continents and several countries, respectively. In order to choose the best locations for the distribution centers a facility-planning model is used. When inventory levels in the regional retailer centers drop to reorder points, items are ordered from a continental distribution center. The main distribution centers order the items from the manufacturing plants when their reorder points are violated. It is important to note that manufacturing plants are assumed to have limited capacity. In this problem, transportation leadtimes and demand quantities are defined as stochastic variables following normal distribution. The objective is to cover the demand with the minimum total cost. In the first step, a mathematical model is applied to choose the distribution centers. Then, continuous inventory policy is considered for retailers, distribution centers, and Puerto Rico warehouse. In the final step, simulation model is used to evaluate the entire approach.
Gursel Suer (Advisor)
324 p.
Industrial Engineering
supply chain management; global supply chain; inventory management and control; discrete event simulation; production planning; transportation

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  • Sadeghi, A. (2017). Global Supply Chain Inventory Management and Production Planning Strategies [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1509528764663001

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sadeghi, Azadeh. Global Supply Chain Inventory Management and Production Planning Strategies. 2017. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1509528764663001.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sadeghi, Azadeh. "Global Supply Chain Inventory Management and Production Planning Strategies." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1509528764663001

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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