Course Materials

I have been collecting and assembling the various class notes and course materials into one document titled "Logistics Systems Design". You can view this material in several ways.

I am revising the materials on a chapter-by-chapter basis. The following revised chapters are available:

Overview (list of chapters and course resources). Available through Web CT.

1. Introduction (introduction to logistics, modeling, and algorithms). Available through Web CT.

2. Forecasting (introduction to forecasting, simple forecasting methods for time series). Available through Web CT.

3. Transportation Systems (descriptive treatment of various transportation modes). Available through Web CT.

4. Transportation Models (mathematical models and solution algorithms for transportation systems design and operation). Available through Web CT.

5. Inventory Systems (descriptive introduction and mathematical models for inventory control). Available through Web CT.

6. Supply Chain Systems (descriptive treatment of integrated production-distribution systems and supply chains). Available through Web CT.

7. Continuous Point Location (mathematical treatment of locating facilities in the plane using the distance norms such as the Euclidean, rectilinear, and great circle distance norms). Available through Web CT.

8. Discrete Point Location (mathematical treatment of location facilities among alternative locations)

9. Supply Chain Models (mathematical treatment from channel selection models to Benders decomposition for integrated production-distribution systems and supply chains)

15. Computer Aided Layout (review and example cases for the early and contemporary software applications for layout generation).

16. Material Handling Systems (descriptive treatment of principles of material handling and material handling equipment classification and types)

18. Storage Models (mathematical models and solution algorithms for the sizing of storage systems and storage policies for unit load storage, pick versus reserve storage, and block stacking storage).

Appendix A. Standard Distributions (tables and graphs of the standard normal and unit loss function). Available through Web CT.

You can also download a full text version of the class notes in Adobe Acrobat PDF Version 5.0 format. You can print the PDF file to any installed printer from the Acrobat reader with the correct version.

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