Collaborative Planning in Supply Chains

1. Front Matter

   Pages III-X

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2. Introduction

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 1-3

3. Supply Chain Management and Collaborative Planning

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 5-22

4. Modeling Framework and Review of Relevant Literature

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 23-53

5. Negotiation-Based Collaborative Planning Between two Partners

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 55-101

6. Extensions to the Basic Collaborative Planning Scheme

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 103-130

7. Implications on Supply Contracts and Partner Incentives

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 131-164

8. Computational Evaluation

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 165-213

9. Summary and Conclusions

   • Gregor Dudek

   Pages 215-217

10. Back Matter

    Pages 219-238

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In light ofthe vast number ofpublications on Supply Chain Management (SCM) it is not easy to extract those which will have a great impact both on theory and practice. The dissertation of Gregor Dudek certainly is one such valuable source because it tackles inter-organizational collaboration in a novel and effective man­ ner. SCM is concemed with the coordination of material, information and financial flows within and across often legally separated organizational units. lt has gained great attention both in industry and research as an important area for improving competitiveness. A Supply Chain (SC) can be regarded as a hybrid between a market relationship and a hierarchical organization and as such requires specific tools to support the efficient planning and execution of the order fulfillment proc­ ess. Software vendors have developed so called Advanced Planning Systems (APS) to overcome deficiencies of traditional Enterprise Resource Planning systems and to better support the planning functions needed in SCM. However, APS are based on the principles of hierarchical planning which are well-suited for intra­ organizational SCs but fall short when non-hierarchical collaboration between partners (companies) is needed. This is particularly true when a buyer and a sup­ plier have to align their medium term order and supply plans.

• Collaborative Planning
• Distributed Decision Making
• Mathematical Programming
• Negotiation-Based
• Supply Chains
• optimization
• supply chain managment
• supply chain planning

• Mainz, Germany

  Gregor Dudek

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