ISyE6203: Transportation and Supply Chain Systems, Fall 2003

Course Information: Classroom: IC113 (note permanent change) Teaching Assistant: Demet Batur Office Hours: Mon 10-11, Wed 11-12 Location: 103 Old Management Bldg (ISyE Main) Syllabus Introduction to Supply Networks Introduction to Supply Chain Demand Forecasting Forecasting Homework, due Sep 4 Spreadsheet for Forecasting Homework Freight Railroads presentation Motor Freight presentation Ocean Freight presentation Air Freight presentation Freight Transport Comparison Single-criterion Minimum Cost Paths Multi-criteria Paths Minimum Cost Path Homework, due Oct 2 Vehicle Routing A: Minimum Spanning Trees and Related Algorithms Vehicle Routing B: TSP Construction Heuristics Vehicle Routing C: The Lin-Kernighan Improvement Heuristic Single Vehicle Routing Case Study, due Nov 4 City-City Distance Spreadsheet for Routing Case Multiple Vehicle Routing Case Study, due Nov 20 Spreadsheet for VRP Case Vehicle Routing D: Heuristics for the Capacitated Multiple Vehicle Routing Problem Vehicle Routing E: Branch-and-cut for TSP Vehicle Routing F: Branch-and-cut for VRP Scheduling Case Study, due Dec 11 References: In-class: ISyE6203 Logistics Glossary External: Long Range Forecasting, text, J.S. Armstrong, chp. 7 U.S. Freight: Economy in Motion, 1998 Logistics news: Web articles related to ideas from class.