Directing the flow of product

"Refuting the idea that there is "one best way" that all enterprises should plan operations and reviewing the state-of-the-art in production and distribution planning, Directing the Flow of Product: A Guide to Improving Supply Chain Planning presents principles and methods you can use to design the best way to plan your operations. It covers collaborative planning, lean philosophy, emerging techniques such as ant algorithms, and much more."--BOOK JACKET.