The course aims to present and analyze:
- The role of the supply chain management.
- Demand and supply planning in a supply chain.
- Applications and mathematical formulation.
- The traveling salesman problem. The bin packing problem.
- Transportation and distribution of products in the supply chain.
- Distribution network design. Distribution channels. Route planning. Problems of fleet selection and vehicle size.
- Vehicle routing problem. Variants of the vehicle routing problem.
- Scheduling problems.
- Facility location problems.
- Inventory management. Inventory routing problems in logistics (Single period inventory routing problem, multi-period inventory routing problem).
- Integrated supply chain management systems.
- Maritime logistics.
- Green supply chain.
- Electric and unmanned aerial vehicles in the supply chain.
After completing this course the students will be able to:
- Describe and Formulate Supply Chain Management Problems, such as product transportation, vehicle routing problem, facility location, inventory management, scheduling of operations
- Solve supply chain management problems
- Apply heuristics, metaheuristics, evolutionary and nature-inspired algorithms to solve supply chain management problems
- Program the algorithms for solving Supply Chain Management problems in Matlab, C, C++ and Python programming languages
- Analyze real-life situations of supply chain management problems
- Practice solving complex supply chain management problems
- Use software packages to solve supply chain management problems
Course type: Semester-Long Course
Duration: 13 weeks
Instructor(s): Ioannis Marinakis
University offering the course: Technical University of Crete
Semester: Spring/Summer
Language: English
ECTS: 6
Short Description: This course explores supply chain management, demand and supply planning, mathematical modeling, and key logistics challenges. Topics include routing, scheduling, facility location, inventory management, distribution networks, maritime logistics, green supply chains, and the role of UAVs.
Mobility Type: Specialized Course
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