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Global Supply Chain Engineering Definitions
- History of Global Supply Chain Management
- Introduction
- Motion and Time Studies in a Lean Framework
- History of Time and Motion Studies
- Continuous Improvement
- Time Study
- Time Study Equipment
- Important Definitions
- Making the Time Study
- Recording Information about the Operation and Operator
- Divide the Operation into Its Elements
- Recording the Time
- Number of Cycles to Be Timed
- Rating an Operator
- Determine the Allowances and Standard Time
- Types of Time Study
- Methods-Time Measurement
- Time Studies and Human Factors
- Challenges with Time Study
- Economic Tools
- Evaluating Quality Costs
- COGQ: Cost of Good Quality
- Cost of Poor Quality
- Total Quality Costs
- Conclusion
- Inventory Control Basics
- Inventory Carrying Costs
- Stock-Out Costs
- Safety Stocks
- Economic Order Quantity
- Inventory Flows
- Fixed-Order-Interval System
- JIT Inventory Systems
- RFID and Inventory Control
- Automatic Replenishment
- Safety-Stock Reduction
- Picking and Routing
- Order Batching of Waves
- Summary
- Review Questions
- GSC Engineering Supply Chain Planning Levels
- Global Supply Chain Engineering Planning Supports Operational Optimization
- Tactical Level
- Intermediate Level
- Transportation Strategy
- Common Transportation Decisions
- Transportation Mode
- Intermediate-Level Summary
- Strategic Level
- Cyber-Enabled Best Practices for Success
- Information Use in the Supply Chain
- Data Analysis and Information Gathering
- Push and Pull Operational Strategies
- Supply Chain Coordination
- Forecasting and Aggregate Planning
- RFID and Other Enabling Technologies
- EDI Business Transmissions
- Web-Based Application Systems
- e-Commerce and Technology
- RFID as a Part of the Information Supply Chain
- RFID as an Intelligent Agent System
- Summary of Cyber-Enabled Systems, AI, and Auto-identification as Information Enablers
- AI, Big Data, and Barcodes and RFID Provide Timely Visibility in Logistics
- Inventory in the Supply Chain
- Business Responsiveness
- Cycle Inventory
- Safety Inventory
- Seasonal Inventory
- Level of Product Availability
- Inventory-Related Metrics
- The Bullwhip Effect
- Summary
- End of Chapter Questions
- References
Abstract
In this chapter, we have reviewed many insights and concepts that will allow the logistics engineers, industrial engineers, and operations managers to understand the opportunities and challenges with using cyber enabled technologies.
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