Integrated Distribution Planning

The globalization of markets, along with a wide range of socio-economic factors and technological
development, came to promote important reformulation of strategies for management and industrial
engineering. The prospect of global integration of active members (partners) and all flows generated from and
to the chain, add to their already complex design and introduce new requirements for operational planning,
management, modeling and monitoring technology of the process decision.
Thus, the objective of this course to present some proposals and methodologies for the operational planning
of supply chain, creating awareness about the importance of integrated planning and analysis of the whole
system in order to optimize the economical and / or operational performance.

1. Introduction to the new distribution paradigms
2. Distribution Planning
– Retrospective analysis and objectives, planning and decision, strategic, tactical and operational determinants
– Methodologies and techniques
3. Integrated distribution and supply chain planning
– Distribution
– Transport Modal Management
– Intermodality
– Definition of Routes
– Coordination and Integration
– Sustainability 
4. IDP Practices and International Dimension:
– International Distribution – Incoterms
– Logistic Partnerships & Corporate Responsibility
– Integrated distribution planning – Practical examples and industrial cases

5- Industrial examples of integrated distribution planning:
– Decision making process/reasoning;
– Analysis and discussion of industrial integrated distribution planning solutions.

NAO

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