Managing Product Upgrade in Closed Loop Supply Chains

Asima Mishra

ISBN 10: 3838356632 / ISBN 13: 9783838356631

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Apr 2010, 2010

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Neuware -In this book, we develop strategic and operational level decision making tools to help manage product upgrades in closed loop supply chains under limited availability of upgrade resources. The models developed in this research are mainly applicable to products that are modular, repairable and expensive. This research was directly motivated by a research project done for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to help them plan an aircraft upgrade from an older to newer version. The upgrade also involved upgrading an aircraft component (gearbox) in order to achieve higher operational efficiency. Apart from developing the planning tools, we also study how the decisions made by these planning tools vary under different levels of operational flexibility.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 184 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing Product Upgrade in Closed Loop Supply Chains
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Apr 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3838356632
• ISBN 13: 9783838356631
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 12D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 292 grams

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Synopsis

In this book, we develop strategic and operational level decision making tools to help manage product upgrades in closed loop supply chains under limited availability of upgrade resources. The models developed in this research are mainly applicable to products that are modular, repairable and expensive. This research was directly motivated by a research project done for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to help them plan an aircraft upgrade from an older to newer version. The upgrade also involved upgrading an aircraft component (gearbox) in order to achieve higher operational efficiency. Apart from developing the planning tools, we also study how the decisions made by these planning tools vary under different levels of operational flexibility.

About the Author

Asima Mishra is working as Sr. Operations Research Engineer at Intel, Santa Clara. She has a PhD in Operations Management and MS in Industrial Engineering, both from Purdue University. She specializes in application of Operations Research to Supply Chain Management problems.