Industry/University Cooperative Research: Strategic Analysis of Integrated Production-Distribution Systems - Model and Methods

这项工作的研究目标是为大规模生产/分配系统内的材料管理战略分析开发一个全面的模型。这种系统包括原材料和中间产品的采购，这些投入的加工生产产出，以及成品通过分销网络的分销。这项工作的重点是制定模型和算法，这些模型和算法可用于预测公司在产品成本、向公司客户提供的服务水平以及生产/分销系统的响应性和灵活性方面的业绩。该项目将侧重于各种工业环境中生产和分销业务之间的相互作用。

The research goal of this effort is to develop a comprehensive model for the strategic analysis of materials management within large-scale production/distribution systems. Such systems encompass the procurement of raw materials and intermediate products, the processing of these inputs to produce outputs, and the distribution of the finished product through a distribution network. The emphasis of this work is on formulation of models and algorithms which can be sued to predict the performance of a firm with respect to the cost of products, the lvel of services provided to the firm's customers, and the responsiveness and flixibility of the production/distribution system. This project will focus on the interactions between production and distribution operations in various industrial settings.