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Research

• Information Fusion

• Congestion in Facilities Location and Layout

• Facility Layout (Re)Design

• Agile Manufacturing

• Real-Time Visualization

• Sensor Networks

• Facilities Design and Cellular Manufacturing

• Operations of Production Systems

• Variant Design

Teaching

• IE 684: Networks, Routing, and Logistics

• IE 661: Scheduling Theory

• IE 620: Agile Manufacturing

• IE 505: Production Planning and Control

• IE 504: Facilities Design

• IE 500: Special Topics: Logistics and Supply-Chain Management

• IE 327: Facilities Design

• IE 320: Engineering Economy

Professional Activities

Teaching Interests

IE 500: Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Course Overview

This graduate level course covers topics, including basics and definitions, elements, design and models in Logistics and Supply-Chain Management (L&SCM).  It provides a core set of fundamentals, case applications, and in-depth literature studies, to lead to open research topics.  The objective is to expose participants to L&SCM issues, and in a participatory setting, enable them to discuss and creatively synthesize these ideas to research projects of choice.  It blends quantitative and qualitative material, from multiple disciplines of industrial and management engineering, and bears relevance for academic as well as industrial pursuits. The course will be conducted in a beneficial cooperative learning setting. Lectures, group discussions and participant presentations will constitute this course. The following topics will be covered. NOTE THIS COURSE WAS TAUGHT IN 1996 AND IS NOT CURRENT

Course Topics

•    Overview of Logistics and the Supply-Chain concept •    Elements of Logistics Systems •    Analyzing, Designing, and Implementing Logistics Systems     •    Configuring the Network     •    Planning Logistics Activities     •    Organization and Control •    Analytical Models     •    Cost considerations     •    One-to-One Distribution     •    One-to-Many Distribution     •    One-to-Many Distribution with Transshipments     •    Many-to-Many Distribution •    Information Exchange and Supporting Technologies •    Several Research Articles and Case Studies •    Core competencies from a Business standpoint

Staff

Instructor: Dr. Rakesh Nagi, Associate Professor Department of Industrial Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo 342 Bell Hall Box 602050 Buffalo, NY 14260-2050 U.S.A. Telephone: (716) 645-2357 FAX: (716) 645-3302 E-mail: nagi@buffalo.edu Office Hours: TBA Teaching Assistant: TBA

Basic Requirements

•    Advanced Graduate standing in engineering or management •    Good understanding of the production function (similar to IE 505) •    Notions of Optimization •    Self motivation and a cooperative learning attitude

Required Work and Grading Policy

1.  Homework        -    4-5 assignments                    20% 2.  Class presentation    -    1 lecture during the semester            10% 3.  Group participation    -    group discussions, case studies            10% 4.  Project        -    one progress report, one final report, one presentation 30%     A semester long project will be performed, addressing a specific problem related to Logistics/Supply-Chain Management. It should cover an in-depth literature survey related to the project topic (minimum of 5 papers), and identify open topics from a research and/or practice perspectives. Methods covered in the course are encouraged to be applied to providing a solution to some part of the overall problem. Recommendations for further work should be included in the final report. 5.  Exams        -    one midterm, one final                    30%      (+/- Grading scheme will be employed)

References

1.    Ballou, R.H., Business Logistics Management, 3rd edition, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1992). [Advanced (classical) Text for Logistics] 2.    Johnson, J.C. and Wood, D.F., Contemporary Logistics, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, (1996). [More recent but basic text; includes some SCM] 3.    Daganzo, C.F., Logistics Systems Analysis, 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, NY, (1996). [Mathematical models] 4.    World Class Logistics: The Challenge of Managing Continuous Change, Council of Logistics Management, Oak Brook, IL, (1995). [Business competency viewpoint] 5.    Gunn, T.G., In the Age of the Real-Time Enterprise: Managing for winning Business Performance with Enterprise Logistics Management, Oliver Wright Publications, Essex Junction, VT, (1994). [Executive level viewpoint] 6.    Distributed Information Systems in Business, Konig, W, Kurbel, K., Mertens, P. and Pressmar, D. (Eds.), Springer-Verlag, (1996). [Collection of papers on Information aspects]

Lectures and Handouts

NOT CURRENT

Assignments and Projects

NOT CURRENT