Chapter 1 A framework for collaborative planning and state-of-the-art

Chapter 2 Simulation and optimization of supply chains: alternative or complementary approaches?

Chapter 3 Revenue management and demand fulfillment: matching applications, models and software

Chapter 4 Active demand management for substitute products through price optimisation

Chapter 5 Customer segmentation, allocation planning and order promising in make-to-stock production

Chapter 6 Managing product availability in an assemble-to-order supply chain with multiple customer segments

Chapter 7 Inventory reservation and real-time order promising in a Make-to-Stock system

Chapter 8 Setting safety stocks in multi-stage inventory systems under rolling horizon mathematical programming models

Chapter 9 Supplier managed inventory in the OEM supply chain: the impact of relationship types on total costs and cost distribution

Chapter 10 Vendor-managed inventory and the effect of channel power

Chapter 11 Value chain management for commodities: A case study from the chemical industry

Chapter 12 MILP-based campaign scheduling in a specialty chemicals plant: a case study

Chapter 13 Supply chain planning in the German automotive industry

Chapter 14 Modeling and optimazing of strategic and tactical production planning in the automotive industry under uncertainty