The document surveys modeling choices for supply chain planning under demand uncertainty using stochastic programming, which is similar to models used in asset-liability management. It presents a multi-period stochastic linear programming formulation to incorporate demand uncertainty, unmet demand risk, inventory risk, and liquidity risk into supply chain planning. Various modeling choices from the asset-liability management literature are then discussed that could be applied to supply chain planning stochastic programs. The survey provides a basis for research and practice to manage risks from uncertain demand.
REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS OF MARGINAL OILFIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: THE CASE OF ...Theo Acheampong
This document summarizes a thesis that analyzed the use of real options analysis to evaluate marginal oilfield development projects in the UK. It began with an overview of real options analysis and its ability to account for management flexibility. It then described the concepts and methodology of real options analysis. The case study examined a sample UK marginal oilfield, valuing it using traditional discounted cash flow analysis and real options analysis to determine the value of deferral, expansion, and abandonment options. The main results found that accounting for these options through real options analysis increased the net present value compared to only using discounted cash flow analysis.
Impact of capital asset pricing model (capm) on pakistanAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a research study that applied the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to stocks traded on the Karachi Stock Exchange in Pakistan from 2003 to 2007. The study found that CAPM was able to estimate stock returns in the Pakistani market and showed the existence of a risk premium as the only factor affecting stock returns. The study used monthly return data from 5 portfolios sorted by size and book-to-market ratios. Regression analysis found the intercept was insignificant while the risk premium was significant, showing CAPM estimates stock returns accurately in this market. However, the study notes CAPM has limitations and future research could test different models or variations to further analyze factors affecting stock returns.
This document provides information about a course on the history of information design and visualization. It introduces the instructor, Paul Kahn, and describes the course themes, assignments, and schedule. The course will explore nine functional themes of information design through history, with a focus on how data has been transformed into visual information across cultures. Students will make in-class presentations on different themes and historical examples. They will also write a research paper analyzing a historical information design technique. The first theme is "Cosmology & theological narrative," and students are assigned to teams to present on topics within this theme, such as religious murals and bas-reliefs from various cultures.
The Sodhani Committee made several recommendations to promote NRI investments in India and widen the foreign exchange market:
1) It recommended merging the 40% and 100% schemes for NRI investments and allowing 100% repatriation for more eligible companies without prior permission.
2) It recommended granting banks the power to provide housing loans to NRIs.
3) It recommended allowing unrestricted investments by NRIs in real estate, sick units, and educational institutions.
4) It recommended expanding the foreign exchange market by including more participants like IDBI and ICICI and making RBI interventions more selective.
The RBI accepted most of these recommendations by amending various regulations and
The document summarizes India's Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System (LERMS) and Modified LERMS. Some key points:
- LERMS (1992) introduced partial rupee convertibility, allowing exporters/recipients to sell 60% of foreign exchange at market rates. Importers could buy currency for eligible transactions at market rates.
- Modified LERMS (1993) made the rupee fully floating. All foreign exchange transactions were put through by banks at market rates. Exporters could retain receipts and banks could freely sell receipts.
- The aims were to move towards full currency convertibility and balance demand/supply of external transactions under a market-determined exchange rate.
Alm objective & scope and other related mattersniteshsharmam
This document provides an overview of asset liability management (ALM) objectives and processes. It discusses the evolution of ALM practices in response to deregulation and increased competition. The key objectives of ALM are to manage liquidity risk and interest rate risk through balancing a bank's assets and liabilities. This involves analyzing maturity gaps and interest rate sensitivities across time buckets. Critical roles in the ALM process include the ALCO committee which sets pricing and balance sheet strategies, and ALM support groups which monitor and report on risk profiles. The document also outlines various ALM reports, policies, and regulatory requirements.
Mr. Arun Nair's presentation at echoVME's first Bonfire. Learn about the changing paradigm, the new empowered customer, Arun's concept of the 3E’s of Customer Service. Wonderful Presentation. Read about the session in detail here: http://blog.echovme.com/2011/07/echovme%E2%80%99s-social-media-bonfire-%E2%80%93-exclusive-inaugural-session/
REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS OF MARGINAL OILFIELD DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: THE CASE OF ...Theo Acheampong
This document summarizes a thesis that analyzed the use of real options analysis to evaluate marginal oilfield development projects in the UK. It began with an overview of real options analysis and its ability to account for management flexibility. It then described the concepts and methodology of real options analysis. The case study examined a sample UK marginal oilfield, valuing it using traditional discounted cash flow analysis and real options analysis to determine the value of deferral, expansion, and abandonment options. The main results found that accounting for these options through real options analysis increased the net present value compared to only using discounted cash flow analysis.
Impact of capital asset pricing model (capm) on pakistanAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a research study that applied the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to stocks traded on the Karachi Stock Exchange in Pakistan from 2003 to 2007. The study found that CAPM was able to estimate stock returns in the Pakistani market and showed the existence of a risk premium as the only factor affecting stock returns. The study used monthly return data from 5 portfolios sorted by size and book-to-market ratios. Regression analysis found the intercept was insignificant while the risk premium was significant, showing CAPM estimates stock returns accurately in this market. However, the study notes CAPM has limitations and future research could test different models or variations to further analyze factors affecting stock returns.
This document provides information about a course on the history of information design and visualization. It introduces the instructor, Paul Kahn, and describes the course themes, assignments, and schedule. The course will explore nine functional themes of information design through history, with a focus on how data has been transformed into visual information across cultures. Students will make in-class presentations on different themes and historical examples. They will also write a research paper analyzing a historical information design technique. The first theme is "Cosmology & theological narrative," and students are assigned to teams to present on topics within this theme, such as religious murals and bas-reliefs from various cultures.
The Sodhani Committee made several recommendations to promote NRI investments in India and widen the foreign exchange market:
1) It recommended merging the 40% and 100% schemes for NRI investments and allowing 100% repatriation for more eligible companies without prior permission.
2) It recommended granting banks the power to provide housing loans to NRIs.
3) It recommended allowing unrestricted investments by NRIs in real estate, sick units, and educational institutions.
4) It recommended expanding the foreign exchange market by including more participants like IDBI and ICICI and making RBI interventions more selective.
The RBI accepted most of these recommendations by amending various regulations and
The document summarizes India's Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System (LERMS) and Modified LERMS. Some key points:
- LERMS (1992) introduced partial rupee convertibility, allowing exporters/recipients to sell 60% of foreign exchange at market rates. Importers could buy currency for eligible transactions at market rates.
- Modified LERMS (1993) made the rupee fully floating. All foreign exchange transactions were put through by banks at market rates. Exporters could retain receipts and banks could freely sell receipts.
- The aims were to move towards full currency convertibility and balance demand/supply of external transactions under a market-determined exchange rate.
Alm objective & scope and other related mattersniteshsharmam
This document provides an overview of asset liability management (ALM) objectives and processes. It discusses the evolution of ALM practices in response to deregulation and increased competition. The key objectives of ALM are to manage liquidity risk and interest rate risk through balancing a bank's assets and liabilities. This involves analyzing maturity gaps and interest rate sensitivities across time buckets. Critical roles in the ALM process include the ALCO committee which sets pricing and balance sheet strategies, and ALM support groups which monitor and report on risk profiles. The document also outlines various ALM reports, policies, and regulatory requirements.
Mr. Arun Nair's presentation at echoVME's first Bonfire. Learn about the changing paradigm, the new empowered customer, Arun's concept of the 3E’s of Customer Service. Wonderful Presentation. Read about the session in detail here: http://blog.echovme.com/2011/07/echovme%E2%80%99s-social-media-bonfire-%E2%80%93-exclusive-inaugural-session/
This document outlines the steps for demand forecasting and criteria for a good forecasting method. It discusses determining the purpose of the forecast, subdividing the demand program, identifying factors affecting sales, selecting forecasting methods, studying competitors, preparing preliminary sales estimates, analyzing promotion plans, evaluating forecasts, preparing the final forecast, and ensuring the method is accurate, plausible, economical, quick, durable, and flexible.
The document discusses demand forecasting and methods for forecasting. It outlines key steps in the forecasting process including identifying objectives, determining the nature of goods, selecting an appropriate forecasting method, and interpreting results. Some common types of data used in forecasting are also mentioned, such as time-series, cross-section, and panel data. The document aims to provide an overview of demand analysis and forecasting as important tools for managers to help reduce uncertainties and enable more meaningful planning.
1. The document discusses supply chain management and defines a supply chain as all stages involved in fulfilling a customer request, including manufacturers, suppliers, transporters, warehouses, retailers, and customers.
2. It explains that the objective of a supply chain is to maximize overall supply chain value created, which is the final product value minus total supply chain costs.
3. The document outlines the different decision phases in a supply chain: supply chain strategy and design, supply chain planning, and supply chain operations. It notes that strategy and design involve long-term strategic decisions while planning and operations have shorter time horizons.
Demand chain management is a shift from reactive to proactive procurement that focuses on developing strong relationships across the procurement process. It involves customer relationship management, extended supply chain management, and breaking down barriers through collaboration and partnerships. Some benefits include cost savings, improved processes, reduced resources used, and strengthened supplier relationships. Key aspects include strategic contracting, consolidated billing, and automated payment methods like ACH.
The Tarapore Committee report provided a roadmap for moving India towards full capital account convertibility over three phases from 2006-2011. It recommended preconditions like limiting fiscal deficits and inflation, and suggested increasing limits on investments abroad for residents and limits on investments in India for foreigners over the phases. The report aimed to balance monetary policy independence, an open capital account, and managing exchange rates under the impossible trinity framework.
The document discusses key concepts in inventory management including defining inventory as raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. It describes different types of inventories like seasonal, decoupling, and safety stock. It also outlines techniques for inventory control like ABC classification and economic order quantity modeling. The concepts of reorder point, safety stock, inventory costs, and quantity discounts are summarized as important aspects of managing inventory levels.
This document provides an introduction to supply chain management. It discusses key concepts like the objective of a supply chain being to maximize overall value, and defines a supply chain as all stages involved in fulfilling a customer request. It also covers different views of supply chains, including the cycle view which looks at processes between successive stages, and the push/pull view which categorizes processes as either push (anticipatory) or pull (reactive to customer orders). Achieving strategic fit between the supply chain strategy and competitive strategy is also discussed.
Demand forecasting is used to predict future demand for products and services. There are short, medium, and long-range forecasts used for production planning, budgeting, and new product development. Qualitative and quantitative methods are used depending on data availability. The aggregate planning process involves determining demand and capacity, developing alternative plans, and selecting the optimal plan to minimize costs while meeting demand and capacity constraints. Accurate demand forecasting is crucial for aggregate planning and supply chain management.
Demand management is the process of ensuring customer demand and a company's capabilities are aligned. It involves capturing all work proposals in one system, guiding proposals through governance, helping customers approve proposals, and tracking approved projects. The goal is to enable customers to propose, prioritize, select, and track projects while streamlining approval processes. Demand management is based on forecasting future demand and planning production to meet those forecasts, as manufacturing managers are responsible for production planning but not forecast accuracy. The key benefits are control over product availability, confidence for sales, smoother introductions, flexibility to change, and using a single set of demand numbers.
The valuation of banks poses particular challenges due to the nature of their businesses. Specifically, it can be difficult to define debt and reinvestment needs, making the estimation of cash flows more complex. Banks are also heavily regulated, and the effects of regulatory requirements must be considered in valuation. Common valuation methods for banks include the dividend discount model, Gordon growth model, free cash flow method, and enterprise value method. Relative valuation using price-to-earnings and price-to-book value ratios is also employed. Asset-based valuation and excess return models provide alternatives. Regulatory capital ratios must also be incorporated into any bank valuation.
Capacity management involves determining the capacity needed to meet production plans, providing that capacity, and monitoring and controlling capacity. It includes capacity planning, requirements planning, and control. Capacity planning calculates capacity needs, identifies ways to make capacity available, and balances capacity and load. Capacity requirements planning determines detailed resource needs at work centers to achieve production goals.
McDonald's capacity planning process involves determining production needs to meet changing demand. Key aspects include estimating total requirements based on factors like product variety and quality, estimating labor and machine needs, and comparing capacity availability to requirements. McDonald's Sonipat location has a capacity strategy of leading demand by keeping a 2-3 day inventory of buns, patties and 15 day inventory of drinks. The document also presents a hypothetical problem comparing expanding the existing location versus opening a new one, with expanding found to have a higher expected monetary value.
- Inventory constitutes a significant part of current assets for many companies, often around 60% of current assets. Effective inventory management is important to avoid unnecessary costs and ensure profitability.
- There are different types of inventory including raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods. The objectives of inventory management are to maintain optimal inventory levels for smooth operations while minimizing costs.
- An optimum inventory level balances ordering costs, carrying costs, and stock-out costs. Both over-investment and under-investment in inventory can be dangerous for a company. Effective inventory management tracks inventory levels and determines when and how much to order.
Demand forecasting is essential for businesses to plan production levels. Common demand forecasting techniques include surveys of consumer intentions, expert opinions, analysis of historical sales data, and use of economic indicators related to demand. The optimal approach considers multiple techniques and applies judgment to account for uncertain factors. Forecasts should be presented to management simply with key assumptions and margin of error highlighted.
This document discusses achieving strategic fit between a company's competitive strategy and its supply chain strategy. It outlines three key steps: 1) Understanding customer needs and how they impact supply chain uncertainty. 2) Understanding the company's supply chain capabilities and how to balance responsiveness and efficiency. 3) Aligning the supply chain strategy to best meet customer needs given the company's supply chain capabilities. Strategic fit is achieved when a company's supply chain strategy supports its competitive strategy to satisfy customer priorities. The document also discusses factors like product life cycles and competitive changes that require evolving the supply chain strategy over time.
This paper investigates a multi-objective approach to supply chain risk management that integrates supply chain visibility, supply risk, and demand risk. It develops a mathematical model to maximize supply chain visibility and minimize supply chain risk and cost. The model considers probabilistic customer demand that comes from different scenarios, and aims to identify optimal sourcing solutions from suppliers while meeting constraints like budgets, production capacities, and demand fulfillment. A heuristic algorithm is proposed to solve the NP-hard model and provide near-optimal solutions. The results indicate that higher supply chain visibility can increase efficiency, lower costs and reduce risks.
The document discusses several articles related to security analysis and portfolio management. It summarizes Adam.Y.C.Lei & Huihua.li's experience using Bloomberg terminals in a finance course to teach students security analysis and portfolio management. It also summarizes Ali Asghary Karahroudy's analysis of security issues in cloud computing and a proposed file distribution model to address those issues. Finally, it briefly mentions several other articles related to composable security analysis, using chance constrained programming for security analysis and investment decisions, the definition of a project portfolio, criticisms of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and estimating the value of security analysis and market timing ability.
This document outlines the steps for demand forecasting and criteria for a good forecasting method. It discusses determining the purpose of the forecast, subdividing the demand program, identifying factors affecting sales, selecting forecasting methods, studying competitors, preparing preliminary sales estimates, analyzing promotion plans, evaluating forecasts, preparing the final forecast, and ensuring the method is accurate, plausible, economical, quick, durable, and flexible.
The document discusses demand forecasting and methods for forecasting. It outlines key steps in the forecasting process including identifying objectives, determining the nature of goods, selecting an appropriate forecasting method, and interpreting results. Some common types of data used in forecasting are also mentioned, such as time-series, cross-section, and panel data. The document aims to provide an overview of demand analysis and forecasting as important tools for managers to help reduce uncertainties and enable more meaningful planning.
1. The document discusses supply chain management and defines a supply chain as all stages involved in fulfilling a customer request, including manufacturers, suppliers, transporters, warehouses, retailers, and customers.
2. It explains that the objective of a supply chain is to maximize overall supply chain value created, which is the final product value minus total supply chain costs.
3. The document outlines the different decision phases in a supply chain: supply chain strategy and design, supply chain planning, and supply chain operations. It notes that strategy and design involve long-term strategic decisions while planning and operations have shorter time horizons.
Demand chain management is a shift from reactive to proactive procurement that focuses on developing strong relationships across the procurement process. It involves customer relationship management, extended supply chain management, and breaking down barriers through collaboration and partnerships. Some benefits include cost savings, improved processes, reduced resources used, and strengthened supplier relationships. Key aspects include strategic contracting, consolidated billing, and automated payment methods like ACH.
The Tarapore Committee report provided a roadmap for moving India towards full capital account convertibility over three phases from 2006-2011. It recommended preconditions like limiting fiscal deficits and inflation, and suggested increasing limits on investments abroad for residents and limits on investments in India for foreigners over the phases. The report aimed to balance monetary policy independence, an open capital account, and managing exchange rates under the impossible trinity framework.
The document discusses key concepts in inventory management including defining inventory as raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods. It describes different types of inventories like seasonal, decoupling, and safety stock. It also outlines techniques for inventory control like ABC classification and economic order quantity modeling. The concepts of reorder point, safety stock, inventory costs, and quantity discounts are summarized as important aspects of managing inventory levels.
This document provides an introduction to supply chain management. It discusses key concepts like the objective of a supply chain being to maximize overall value, and defines a supply chain as all stages involved in fulfilling a customer request. It also covers different views of supply chains, including the cycle view which looks at processes between successive stages, and the push/pull view which categorizes processes as either push (anticipatory) or pull (reactive to customer orders). Achieving strategic fit between the supply chain strategy and competitive strategy is also discussed.
Demand forecasting is used to predict future demand for products and services. There are short, medium, and long-range forecasts used for production planning, budgeting, and new product development. Qualitative and quantitative methods are used depending on data availability. The aggregate planning process involves determining demand and capacity, developing alternative plans, and selecting the optimal plan to minimize costs while meeting demand and capacity constraints. Accurate demand forecasting is crucial for aggregate planning and supply chain management.
Demand management is the process of ensuring customer demand and a company's capabilities are aligned. It involves capturing all work proposals in one system, guiding proposals through governance, helping customers approve proposals, and tracking approved projects. The goal is to enable customers to propose, prioritize, select, and track projects while streamlining approval processes. Demand management is based on forecasting future demand and planning production to meet those forecasts, as manufacturing managers are responsible for production planning but not forecast accuracy. The key benefits are control over product availability, confidence for sales, smoother introductions, flexibility to change, and using a single set of demand numbers.
The valuation of banks poses particular challenges due to the nature of their businesses. Specifically, it can be difficult to define debt and reinvestment needs, making the estimation of cash flows more complex. Banks are also heavily regulated, and the effects of regulatory requirements must be considered in valuation. Common valuation methods for banks include the dividend discount model, Gordon growth model, free cash flow method, and enterprise value method. Relative valuation using price-to-earnings and price-to-book value ratios is also employed. Asset-based valuation and excess return models provide alternatives. Regulatory capital ratios must also be incorporated into any bank valuation.
Capacity management involves determining the capacity needed to meet production plans, providing that capacity, and monitoring and controlling capacity. It includes capacity planning, requirements planning, and control. Capacity planning calculates capacity needs, identifies ways to make capacity available, and balances capacity and load. Capacity requirements planning determines detailed resource needs at work centers to achieve production goals.
McDonald's capacity planning process involves determining production needs to meet changing demand. Key aspects include estimating total requirements based on factors like product variety and quality, estimating labor and machine needs, and comparing capacity availability to requirements. McDonald's Sonipat location has a capacity strategy of leading demand by keeping a 2-3 day inventory of buns, patties and 15 day inventory of drinks. The document also presents a hypothetical problem comparing expanding the existing location versus opening a new one, with expanding found to have a higher expected monetary value.
- Inventory constitutes a significant part of current assets for many companies, often around 60% of current assets. Effective inventory management is important to avoid unnecessary costs and ensure profitability.
- There are different types of inventory including raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods. The objectives of inventory management are to maintain optimal inventory levels for smooth operations while minimizing costs.
- An optimum inventory level balances ordering costs, carrying costs, and stock-out costs. Both over-investment and under-investment in inventory can be dangerous for a company. Effective inventory management tracks inventory levels and determines when and how much to order.
Demand forecasting is essential for businesses to plan production levels. Common demand forecasting techniques include surveys of consumer intentions, expert opinions, analysis of historical sales data, and use of economic indicators related to demand. The optimal approach considers multiple techniques and applies judgment to account for uncertain factors. Forecasts should be presented to management simply with key assumptions and margin of error highlighted.
This document discusses achieving strategic fit between a company's competitive strategy and its supply chain strategy. It outlines three key steps: 1) Understanding customer needs and how they impact supply chain uncertainty. 2) Understanding the company's supply chain capabilities and how to balance responsiveness and efficiency. 3) Aligning the supply chain strategy to best meet customer needs given the company's supply chain capabilities. Strategic fit is achieved when a company's supply chain strategy supports its competitive strategy to satisfy customer priorities. The document also discusses factors like product life cycles and competitive changes that require evolving the supply chain strategy over time.
This paper investigates a multi-objective approach to supply chain risk management that integrates supply chain visibility, supply risk, and demand risk. It develops a mathematical model to maximize supply chain visibility and minimize supply chain risk and cost. The model considers probabilistic customer demand that comes from different scenarios, and aims to identify optimal sourcing solutions from suppliers while meeting constraints like budgets, production capacities, and demand fulfillment. A heuristic algorithm is proposed to solve the NP-hard model and provide near-optimal solutions. The results indicate that higher supply chain visibility can increase efficiency, lower costs and reduce risks.
The document discusses several articles related to security analysis and portfolio management. It summarizes Adam.Y.C.Lei & Huihua.li's experience using Bloomberg terminals in a finance course to teach students security analysis and portfolio management. It also summarizes Ali Asghary Karahroudy's analysis of security issues in cloud computing and a proposed file distribution model to address those issues. Finally, it briefly mentions several other articles related to composable security analysis, using chance constrained programming for security analysis and investment decisions, the definition of a project portfolio, criticisms of the Capital Asset Pricing Model, and estimating the value of security analysis and market timing ability.
Single period inventory model with stochastic demand and partial backloggingIAEME Publication
This document summarizes an article from the International Journal of Management that discusses inventory models with stochastic demand and partial backlogging. It presents three key points:
1) It develops an approximate closed-form solution for the expected total cost of a single period inventory model where demand is stochastic and follows the SCBZ property.
2) It examines the model through three cases: the first considers holding cost without salvage value; the second varies only the holding cost satisfying the SCBZ property; the third incorporates partial backlogging with time-dependent and time-independent shortage costs.
3) Optimal solutions are derived for each case and numerical examples are provided to validate the models.
Single period inventory model with stochastic demand and partial backloggingIAEME Publication
This document summarizes an article from the International Journal of Management that discusses inventory models with stochastic demand and partial backlogging. It presents three key points:
1) It develops an approximate closed-form solution for the expected total cost of a single period inventory model where demand is stochastic and follows the SCBZ property.
2) It examines the model through three cases: the first considers holding cost without salvage value; the second varies only the holding cost satisfying the SCBZ property; the third incorporates partial backlogging with time-dependent and time-independent shortage costs.
3) Optimal solutions are derived for each case and numerical examples are provided to validate the models.
By combining the wireless network and E-commerce, suppliers can provide a more convenient and quicker
service on a human scale for their customers. The main advantages of such services are their high availability,
independence of physical location and time. Mobile commerce raises a number of security and privacy
challenges. However, security has always been the key issue for the development of mobile E-commerce, which
is more vulnerable than the traditional E-commerce mode. . In order to solve the problem of security gap in the
transmission of mobile E-commerce information, a framework based on J2ME/MIDP is proposed, which
combines double layer encryption schemes, stego-image and secure XML messages which transferred between
the mobile terminal and the server. Our method provide strong secure and invisible communication with high
security and high operating efficiency that compatible with many types of mobile terminal.
Machine learning algorithms can be used in various areas of banking and central banking. Specifically:
1) Traditional credit risk modeling can be enhanced with machine learning to predict probability of credit defaults based on borrower and macroeconomic variables.
2) Central banks can use credit bureau data and machine learning to monitor credit quality in real-time and provide recommendations to commercial banks.
3) Machine learning methods like random forests and neural networks outperform traditional models in time series forecasting of macroeconomic variables like inflation.
4) Unstructured text and narrative data from news, market commentary, and reports can be analyzed with machine learning to measure economic sentiment, risk, uncertainty and consensus.
Reading Assignment Report-IIPlease thoroughly go through the R.docxcatheryncouper
Reading Assignment Report-II
Please thoroughly go through the Reading Assignment posted under Chapter 8 on Moodle (Vanteddu et al., 2006, Research Publication) at least twice.
Please make a summary of the research article in your own words that is at least two pages in length, clearly identifying the purpose, research contribution and conclusions of the research. Provide appropriate citations of the works referred to in your summary. Your summary must be typed. Please use appropriate font and 1.5 line spacing.
The material posted on our course website;
Understanding the concepts;
Want to have a one-to-one demonstration of solving a given problem;
Questions about your grade and where you stand at a given point of time in the semester etc.
Supply chain focus dependent safety stock placement
Gangaraju Vanteddu Æ Ratna Babu Chinnam Æ
Kai Yang Æ Oleg Gushikin
Published online: 18 April 2008
� Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2008
Abstract Increasing globalization, growing product range diversity, and rising
consumer awareness are making markets highly competitive, forcing supply chains
to adapt constantly to different stimuli. Growing competition between supply chains
(as well as players within them) is also warranting a priority for overall supply chain
performance over the goals of individual players. It is now well established in the
literature that, among the many order winners, both overall supply chain cost and
responsiveness (i.e., supply chain lead time) are the most significant determinants of
supply chain competitiveness. The literature, however, mostly focuses on supply
chain cost minimization with rather simplistic treatment of responsiveness. By
introducing the concept of a coefficient of inverse responsiveness (CIR), we facil-
itate efficient introduction of responsiveness related costs into the scheme of supply
chain (SC) performance evaluation and/or optimization. Thus, our model aids
supply chain managers in achieving better strategic fit between individual business
unit strategies and overall supply chain requirements in terms of cost efficiency and
responsiveness. In particular, it aids in strategic placement of safety stocks at dif-
ferent stages in the supply chain. Our model also offers managerial insights that help
improve our intuitions into supply chain dynamics. The model is more suited for
G. Vanteddu � R. B. Chinnam (&) � K. Yang
Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, Wayne State University,
4815 Fourth Street, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
e-mail: [email protected]
G. Vanteddu
e-mail: [email protected]
K. Yang
e-mail: [email protected]
O. Gushikin
Ford Research and Advanced Engineering, 2101 Village Road, Dearborn, MI 48121, USA
e-mail: [email protected]
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Int J Flex Manuf Syst (2007) 19:463–485
DOI 10.1007/s10696-008-9050-z
strategic SC alignment, for example, when dealing with product changeovers or
introduction of new product, rather than for operational control ...
Machine learning algorithms can be used in various areas of banking and central banking. Specifically, this document discusses:
1) Using machine learning for traditional credit risk modeling to forecast probability of default and assess financial stability.
2) Applying machine learning to time series forecasting of macroeconomic variables like inflation for monetary policy purposes.
3) Performing text mining on central bank research documents and news articles to measure economic uncertainty and risk in financial markets.
Modelling Credit Risk of Portfolios of Consumer LoansMadhur Malik
1) The document develops a Markov chain model to assess credit risk in portfolios of consumer loans based on consumer credit ratings known as behavioral scores.
2) Behavioral scores are calculated monthly and act as proxies for creditworthiness, similar to corporate credit ratings. The model uses historical behavioral score data to construct transition matrices showing how scores change over time.
3) By modeling behavioral score migrations, the framework generates multi-period default rate forecasts and assesses long-term portfolio risk, helping lenders with decisions like capital requirements.
Selection of Research Material relating to RiskMetrics Group CDO Managerquantfinance
This document provides a summary of four approaches to modeling default rates over multiple time periods for use in analyzing collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). The models are calibrated to the same input data and their resulting default distributions are examined. Significant differences are found between the models, attributed to their structural differences and distributional assumptions. For single-period models, previous studies found models produce similar results when calibrated to the same data, but model choice is more important for multi-period modeling of CDO structures. The impacts of model structures and assumptions require more research for analyzing CDO performance over time.
The document presents a model for estimating exposure at default (EAD) for contingent credit lines (CCLs) at the portfolio level. It models each CCL as a portfolio of put options, with the exercise of each put following a Poisson process. The model convolutes the usage distributions of individual obligors, sub-segments, and segments to estimate the portfolio-level EAD distribution. The authors test the model using data from Moody's and find near-Gaussian results. They discuss future work to refine the model and make it more practical for banks to estimate regulatory capital requirements.
Pillar III presentation 11 18-14 - redacted versionBenjamin Huston
This document provides a summary of a proposed market-based indicators approach to stress testing for the United States. It includes the following key points:
1) The approach uses market prices and indicators derived from contingent claims analysis, network analysis, and other methods to conduct stress tests on financial and non-financial sectors. This helps address data limitations and allows for a broader scope than traditional supervisory stress tests.
2) A systemic risk dashboard would analyze risks using various metrics like SRISK and CoVaR. Contingent claims analysis would provide outputs like default probabilities, expected losses, and capital shortfalls under different scenarios.
3) Network analysis and interconnectedness measures would capture potential domestic and international spill-over
STATE OF THE ART SURVEY ON DSPL SECURITY CHALLENGESIJCSES Journal
The Dynamic Software Product Line (DSPL) is becoming the system with high vulnerability and high confidentiality in which the adaptive security is a challenging task and critical for it to operate. Adaptive security is able to automatically select security mechanisms and their parameters at runtime in order to preserve the required security level in a changing environment. This paper presents a literature review of
security adaptation approaches for DSPL, and evaluates them in terms of how well they support critical
security services and what level of adaptation they achieve. This work will be done following the Systematic
Review approach. Our results concluded that the research field of security approaches for DSPL is still
poor of methods and metrics for evaluating and comparing different techniques. The comparison reveals
that the existing adaptive security approaches widely cover the information gathering. However, comparative approaches do not describe how to decide on a method for performing adaptive security DSPL or how to provide knowledge input for adapting security. Therefore, these areas of research are promising.
An application of fuzzy cognitive mapping in optimization of inventory functi...iaemedu
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Int. J. Production Economics
journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijpe
Modeling supply-chain planning under demand uncertainty
using stochastic programming: A survey motivated by
asset–liability management
ManMohan S. Sodhi a,Ã, Christopher S. Tang b
a
Cass Business School, City University London, London, UK
b
UCLA Anderson School, University of California Los Angeles, USA
a r t i c l e i n f o abstract
Article history: We extend the linear programming (LP) model of deterministic supply-chain planning
Received 1 November 2007 to take demand uncertainty and cash flows into account for the medium term. The
Accepted 14 February 2009 resulting stochastic LP model is similar to that of asset–liability management (ALM), for
Available online 18 March 2009
which the literature using stochastic programming is extensive. As such, we survey
Keywords: various modeling and solution choices developed in the ALM literature and discuss their
Supply chain risk management applicability to supply-chain planning. This survey can be a basis for making modeling/
Risk models solution choices in research and in practice to manage the risks pertaining to unmet
Stochastic programming demand, excess inventory, and cash liquidity when demand is uncertain.
Supply-chain planning
& 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Asset–liability management
Demand uncertainty
Centralized supply-chain planning
1. Introduction linear programming (LP) model for SCP using stochastic
programming (1) by incorporating demand uncertainty to
As supply chains increasingly encompass far-flung
consider unmet demand and excess inventory and (2) by
markets and supply sources, manufacturers and retailers
incorporating cash flows to consider liquidity risk. We
are susceptible to various types of supply chain risks
then provide a survey of modeling choices motivated by
(Tang, 2006). There are diverse supply chain risks
asset–liability management (ALM).
associated with disruptions or delays (Chopra and Sodhi,
Making procurement and production decisions to
2004) that could be categorized into supply risks, process
match supply and demand in (centralized) SCP in different
risks, demand risks, intellectual property risks, behavioral
demand scenarios is similar in some ways to making
risks, and political/social risks (Tang and Tomlin, 2008).
investment decisions pertaining to government bonds and
Companies usually manage these supply chain risks either
other interest-rate-dependent securities to match the
at the strategic (long term) or at the tactical (medium
future cash flows from these securities to the financial
term) level (Sodhi and Lee, 2007). In the medium
institution’s future liabilities under different interest-rate
term—typically 12–26 weeks for consumer electronics
scenarios. Hence, a SCP model with demand uncertainty is
companies but up to 24 months for petrochemical
akin to an ALM model with interest-rate uncertainty.
companies—supply-chain planning (SCP) should incorpo-
Stochastic programming has been extensively used by
rate the risks of unmet demand, excess inventory, and
researchers and practitioners for ALM (Sodhi, 2005b)
even liquidity. In this paper, we extend the deterministic
much more than has been the case for SCP. Therefore, we
survey the ALM stochastic programming literature to
à Corresponding author. discuss its applicability and implications for SCP.
E-mail addresses: m.sodhi@city.ac.uk (M.S. Sodhi), Our survey contributes to the supply chain literature
ctang@anderson.ucla.edu (C.S. Tang). by discussing the stochastic programming modeling and
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solution choices, motivated by the experience reported in because such modeling does not take consider the risk
the ALM literature. We believe this effort prepares the pertaining to unmet demand, excess inventory, or inade-
groundwork for researchers and practitioners to consider quate liquidity.
the use of stochastic programming for managing demand, Unmet demand risk (understocking) and inventory risk
inventory, and liquidity risks associated with SCP for the (overstocking) can be managed by having the ‘‘appro-
medium-term. priate’’ level of inventory determined by certain rules,
The present work has many limitations partly owing to heuristics, or algorithms developed in the inventory-
our focus on stochastic programming and on demand management literature (c.f., Mula et al., 2006; Tarim and
uncertainty. We do not survey heuristics, dynamic Kingsman, 2004; Zipkin, 2000). Most stochastic inventory
programming algorithms, or optimal policies from the management models focus on determining the optimal
inventory management literature. We provide a simple ordering and production quantities that minimize the
model motivated by a Japanese consumer electronics long-term expected cost associated with inventory and
company for illustration instead of a real application. We unmet demand. However, these stochastic inventory
do not address the credit risk of not being able to collect models are inadequate in the sense that they do not
payments from customers, something quite important for consider risks associated with a firm’s cash flows for
liquidity risk. Our survey of the literature is indicative, not acquiring excessive raw materials when demand is
exhaustive. Finally, we do not consider decentralized unexpectedly high, and for disposing excessive finished
supply chains or adaptation of financial instruments goods (write-offs) when demand is unexpectedly low (as
like options. in the case of Cisco’s $2 billion write-off in 2001).
We motivate the use of stochastic programming as a Researchers have considered multi-echelon inventory
modeling choice for SCP under uncertainty in Section 2. theory as a way to analyze SCP under uncertainty (e.g.,
Section 3 presents a stochastic program formulation for an Porteus, 2002; Minner, 2003). However, this approach
idealized supply chain under uncertainty. Section 4 may not be appropriate for dealing with products with
presents various modeling choices and Section 5 presents short life cycles and it is intractable for complex supply
solution choices, both motivated by the ALM literature, chains with multiple products (Tang, 2006).
before the conclusion in Section 6. Another approach has been to consider uncertainty in
the context of decentralized supply chains. Starting with
the seminal work of Clark and Scarf (1960), researchers
2. Motivation have considered, for instance, contracts (e.g., Cachon,
´ ´
2003; Martınez-de-Albeniz and Simchi-Levi, 2005), chan-
For the long term, SCP with multiple uncertain factors nel coordination (e.g., Gan et al., 2004, 2005), incentives
is too broad to tackle with mathematical programming using real options (e.g., Miller and Park, 2005; Kleindorfer
alone and may require scenario planning (Sodhi, 2003). and Wu, 2003; Huchzermeier and Cohen, 1996; Kogut
However, modeling solutions have been attempted in at and Kulatilaka, 1994), capacity investment (e.g., Birge,
least three ways: (1) through multiple runs of determi- 2000; Lederer and Mehta, 2005), and R&D investment
nistic models (Geoffrion, 1976; Geoffrion and Powers, (Huchzermeier and Loch, 2001). While these decentra-
1995; Cohen and Lee, 1988), (2) through simulation of lized SCP models are not designed for centralized planning
deterministic models (Iassinovski et al., 2003), or (3) for complex supply chains, they may well have implica-
through stochastic programming (Eppen et al., 1989; tions for such planning and mathematical modeling.
Alonso-Ayuso et al., 2003; Swaminathan and Tayur, Stochastic programming can be a useful choice for
1999). By contrast, for the short term, operational supply modeling SCP for the medium term when demand is
chain risks such as one-off delays in delivery of raw uncertain (c.f., Gupta and Maranas, 2003). It has been
materials are usually dealt with operationally rather than applied to electric power generation, telecommunication
through modeling solutions. network planning, and financial planning (c.f., Sen, 2001)
For the medium term, the deterministic mathematical for the medium term. While recent advances in computa-
programming literature provides models for planning tional technology encourage more development in
production and distribution based on a single demand stochastic programming, many advantages of stochastic
forecast. For example, Arntzen et al. (1995) and Camm programming as explained by Birge and Louveaux (1997)
et al. (1997) developed mixed integer programming have not translated into widespread use in practice except
models for SCP at Digital Equipment Corporation and for primarily in financial applications like ALM.
Procter & Gamble, respectively. These deterministic Stochastic programming for ALM goes back to the late
models are solved by using LP or heuristics solutions 1960s and its use has been proposed by Bradley and Crane
offered by vendors like SAP, i2, and Manugistics (Sodhi, (1972), Klaassen (1998), Consigli and Dempster (1998),
2001). Typically, a rolling horizon is used so that the Dattatreya and Fabozzi (1995), Dert (1999), Sodhi (2005b),
forecast as well as the plan are updated every week within Zenios and Ziemba (2004), and Ziemba and Mulvey (1999)
the company’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) system among others.
supported by an advanced planning system (APS) (Sodhi, The use of stochastic programming for SCP is showing
2000, 2001). Sometimes, ‘‘what-if’’ forecasts are used in increasing promise. Dormer et al. (2005) illustrate how
different runs to capture demand uncertainty. However, Xpress-SP—a stochastic programming suite—can be used
deterministic modeling even with multiple what-if fore- to solve certain supply chain management problems.
casts is not adequate for managing supply chain risks Leung et al. (2006) and Sodhi (2005a) present different
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stochastic programming models for production planning time. There are six sets of decision variables, the two
in a supply chain. However, these models focus on operational ones being the amount of security i purchased
production planning and do not deal with liquidity risk (x) or sold (y). Each security in the portfolio generates cash
stemming from uncertain demand. As such, we seek to in each period under each interest-rate scenario that is
encourage the development of stochastic programming used to meet the bank’s liabilities in that period. Securities
models for managing demand, inventory, and liquidity not sold are carried over as ‘‘inventory’’ and the total value
risks. of all securities in the portfolio at the end of the decision
As further motivation, consider the fulfillment process horizon T, discounted to the current time is what is sought
at the digital video camera division of a Japanese to be maximized.
consumer-electronics company (Sodhi, 2005a). The com-
wi;zt amount purchased of (original) principal of security i
pany has regional offices to deal with regional demand yi;zt amount sold of principal of security i
from customers that include electronics retail chains with hi;zt holdings of principal of security i after trades
multiple stores, and coordinate with the company’s bzt amount borrowed at current short interest rate rzt , plus a premium D
headquarters for orders and fulfillment. Every week, each lzt lending amount at the current short interest rate rzt
customer provides a weekly ‘‘order’’ of a 26-week rolling Lzt liability under scenario zt
horizon at the SKU-level to the designated regional office.
Each regional office aggregates customer’s orders by week
The parameters that accompany the above decision
and sends the aggregate weekly orders to headquarters.
variables are:
Headquarters allocates supplies to these orders and ships
against the current week’s orders from a central ware- ki;zt cash generated from the principal and interest per unit of security i
house either to customer warehouses directly or to pi;zt ex-dividend computed price at time t for principal for each unit of
security i (same as market price when t ¼ 0)
regional warehouses for final shipment to customers.
rzt single-period interest rate; $1 at time t ð1 þ rzt Þ in t þ 1
To match demand and supply in this company, the
dzt present value of a cash flow of $1 at time period t in scenario zt
planning problem can be modeled as a multi-period D premium paid over the short interest rate for single-period
network flow model in which the central warehouse is the borrowing
source node and the customers and regional offices are Ti transaction cost per trade dollar associated with trading of
the sink nodes. Sodhi (2005a) presents a deterministic LP security i
T planning horizon
model as well as a stochastic programming extension for lÀ1 single-period lending due in current time period (t ¼ 0)
this problem with a single-product, three customers, and a bÀ1 single-period borrowing from last period due in current time
planning horizon of T ¼ 10 weeks. The deterministic period
model has 150 decision variables and 100 constraints hi;À1 holding of security i at beginning of current time period
while the stochastic model, using 210 ( ¼ 1024) scenarios,
has about 1,500 decision variables and 10,000 constraints.
The former solves in a fraction of a second and the latter The stochastic program can be formulated as
takes about 10 s on the same computer. One benefit of the
( )
stochastic programming model is that, even with infinite ÀT
X X
capacity, the model does not recommend fulfilling all of ðAÞ Max 2 dzT ½pi;zT hi;zT Š þ lzT À bzT
zT i
the customer’s orders owing to a high risk of excess
inventory. This underscores our belief that we cannot
Subject to:
manage risk by simply running deterministic models with
a rolling horizon because doing so does not allow us to X X
trade off unmet demand and excessive inventory. ki;zt hi;ztÀ1 þ lztÀ1 ð1 þ rztÀ1 Þ þ bzt þ ð1 À T i Þpi;zt yi;zt
j i
While stochastic programming is an appropriate X
modeling choice, the computational requirement is a big À ð1 þ T i Þpi;zt xi;zt À lzt À bztÀ1 ð1 þ rztÀ1 þ DÞ¼ Lzt ; 8zt
i
challenge. For example, suppose we increase the planning
horizon T from 10 to 26 weeks. Then the stochastic hi;zt þ yi;zt À xi;zt À hi;ztÀ1 ¼ 0; 8i; 8zt
program for the single-product example described earlier xi;zt ; yi;zt ; hi;zt ; lzt ; bzt X0; 8i; 8zt
would have over 100 million decision variables and close
to 200 million constraints. Therefore, in order to use for all t ¼ 0:::T (for all three sets of constraints).
stochastic programming as a ‘‘practical’’ modeling choice There are two sets of constraints besides the non-
for SCP under uncertainty, one needs to make modeling negativity ones: cash balance and inventory holdings. The
choices carefully. first set specifies the net cash raised to match the liability
Lzt in scenario zt . Cash comes from the holding of security i
from period tÀ1; the principal and interest from lending
3. A stochastic program for SCP in period tÀ1; the amount borrowed in period t; and the
sale of securities in period t. Cash is spent on purchasing
Before we formulate a model for SCP under uncer- securities in period t (along with transaction costs);
tainty, let us review ALM and examine a model (A) for lending in period t; and the principal plus interest
ALM with interest rate uncertainty (Sodhi, 2005b). Let zt associated with the amount borrowed in period tÀ1. The
be the interest-rate scenario that ends at time t and the second set corresponds to the inventory balancing
scenarios evolve according to a binary event tree over equation of each security i in period t.
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3.1. A stochastic program for SCP conditions created by lead times. Our SCP model has nine
sets of decision variables, the three operational ones being
Consider the electronics company example illustrated the amount of an input i purchased (x), the amount of a
in Section 2 along with consideration of its cash flows. finished product produced (y), and the amount of the
Take an idealized situation with a manufacturer with a product sold (z). Here is the model:
single plant and a single warehouse that faces customer xi;t amount of input i to be purchased at the beginning of period t
demand. The plant purchases inputs from a supplier, (independent of scenario)
converts these inputs into finished goods, and transports yj;t amount of product j to be produced at the beginning of period t
all finished goods to the warehouse. The procurement, (independent of scenario)
zj;zt amount of product j to be sold in period t
conversion, and transportation lead times are known;
hi;zt inventory level of input i at the end of the period t
however, future demand for finished goods is uncertain. g j;zt inventory level of product j at the end of the period t
Our focus is on the planning of materials and cash flows bzt amount borrowed in period t at interest rate rt þ D
over a planning horizon T (Fig. 1). Material flows comprise p
bzt single-period borrowing over a limit B at a higher rate rt þ gD,
inputs from the supplier to the plant and finished where g41
goods from the plant to the warehouse and then onto
the customers. Information flows are orders from the (Hence, risk aversion to excessive borrowing is captured
manufacturer to the supplier. Cash flows include the by the parameter g.)
financial transactions between the bank and the manu- lzt amount of cash in account during period t earning interest at rate rt
facturer including the (delayed) payments from the uj;zt unmet demand for product j at the end of period t
manufacturer to the supplier and from the customers to
the manufacturer.
The first two sets of variables, x and y, represent
To formulate this SCP model as a stochastic program S,
procurement and production plans, respectively, for the
we need to model uncertain demand by specifying various
next so many periods. Unlike the other decision variables,
demand scenarios with certain probabilities. (We shall
these are independent of demand scenario zt because we
discuss ways to model other types of uncertainties in
have to make these plans now for a certain time horizon.
Section 4.1.) Let zt be a demand scenario for period t and
Alternatively, we could have modeled these variables as
ztÀ1 its ‘‘parent’’ scenario so that the evolution of demand
scenario-independent variables up to a certain time
scenario over time follows a ‘‘binary’’ event tree (c.f.,
horizon and from then on as scenario-dependent. How-
Luenberger, 1998) in which each scenario zt emerges with
ever, there seems little lost by having these variables
two child scenarios ztþ1 with equal probability. Thus, the
scenario-independent and much gained by having the
model with T periods has 2T scenarios. Note that a binary
number of x and y decision variables grow linearly rather
event tree for generating demand scenarios is only one
than exponentially with the number of periods. Although
way of representing uncertainty with a single source of
procurement and production plans are usually obtained
uncertainty that is motivated by the way uncertain
using deterministic modeling in MRP, ERP, or APS
interest rate is modeled in the ALM model. We describe
technology, the solution produced is different from that
a stochastic process for generating a binary event tree and
obtained by a stochastic model because the latter hedges
the demand scenarios such a tree entails in Section 3.3.
these decisions for risk that a deterministic model cannot.
In the SCP model, there is the planning horizon T as
Our stochastic programming model has the following
before, and another horizon T E that exceeds T by at least
parameters:
the sum of the lead times of the two material flows and
the lead time for cash settlement on the sell side. The kj;zt selling price for product j (net of any selling costs)
extended horizon enables us to handle the awkward end pi;zt unit price of input i in period t
Bank
Manufacturer
Supplier Plant Warehouse Customer
R F
Material flows
Cash flows
I Inventory (R = raw materials, F = Finished goods)
Fig. 1. Material and cash flows in a supply chain.
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Note: Both selling price of product j and purchasing g j;zt þ zj;zt À yj;tÀLM À g j;ztÀ1 ¼ 0; 8j; 8zt (4)
p
price of input i are assumed to be known functions of
demand. Therefore, these two parameters are scenario-
zj;zt þ uj;zt À buj;ztÀ1 ¼ Dj;zt ; 8j; 8zt (5)
dependent (or, we can model these more compactly as
node-dependent in relation to the demand event tree).
bzt pB; 8zt (6)
rt single-period interest rate at time t; $1 at time t$ð1 þ rt Þ at time
X
tþ1 yj;t pC t ; 8t (7)
dt present value of a cash flow of $1 at time period t
j
aji amount of input i needed to make one unit of product j (i.e., bill of
materials)
p
b fraction of unmet demand that is backordered for next period, xi;t ; yj;t ; zj;zt ; hi;zt ; g j;zt ; lzt ; bzt ; bzt ; uj;zt X0; 8j; 8i; 8zt
0pbp1
Dj;zt demand for finished product j in scenario zt
(8)
D premium paid over the short rate for single-period borrowing;
strictly positive
for all t ¼ 0:::T E for all constraints (2)–(8).
LM material-flow lead time for supplier to fulfill order (i.e., supply lead Note that the objective function discounts the value of
s
time) cash at time T while the time periods in the constraints go
LM
p
material-flow lead time for manufacturer to convert raw materials up to the extended horizon T E . Constraints (2) represents
to finished goods (i.e., production lead time)
the balance of cash flows for each demand scenario as
LC cash-flow lead time for manufacturer to pay supplier following
s
receipt of supplies (i.e., account payable lead time) follows similar to the constraints for ALM. Cash flows in
LC cash-flow lead time for customer to pay manufacturer following from accounts receivable based on the sale of the zj;ztÀLC
p p
sale of finished goods (i.e., account receivable lead time)
T planning horizon (with periods in weeks or months) units of product j earlier due in period t; from the
TE extended horizon with T E XT þ LM þ LM þ LC principal and interest associated with the cash in account
s p p
B borrowing limit in period tÀ1; and from amounts borrowed at the base
Ct joint production capacity across all finished products in period t and at the higher rate in term t. Cash flows out to the
accounts payable of the xi;tÀLC units of input i purchased
s
We also need parameters to reflect the inventories at earlier that is due in period t; to the cash in account in
hand or already ‘‘in the pipeline’’ for the coming weeks. period t; and to the principal and interest associated with
These initial values are denoted by the following: the amounts borrowed in period tÀ1 at the two different
lÀ1 initial amount of cash in account at the beginning of rates. As with the ALM model, constraints (3) and (4)
current time period (t ¼ 0) correspond to inventory balancing at the beginning and at
bÀ1 amount borrowed in the last period that is due in the the end of each period in each scenario: in this case we
current time period
have inputs i and product j, respectively instead of
hi;À1 inventory level of input i at the end of last period
g j;À1 inventory level of product j at the end of last period
securities. The remaining constraints are different from
xi;ÀLM ; :::; xi;À1 outstanding orders of input i (to be received) those in the ALM model. Constraint (5) ensures that sales
s
yj;ÀLM ; :::; yj;À1 work in process inventory of product j (to be completed) do not exceed demand (plus the fraction of backordered
p
zj;ÀLC ; :::; zj;À1 amounts (in units) of product j in corresponding to demand). Constraint (6) specifies the ‘‘soft’’ borrowing
p
accounts receivable limit B above which it is more expensive to borrow.
Constraint (7) specifies the joint production capacity
constraint.
There are 2T scenarios for the binary event tree that we Notice that stochastic program (S) is feasible and
have chosen as our way of representing demand uncer- bounded. Feasibility can be established by setting the
tainty. Each scenario zt occurs with probability 2ÀT and decision variables x and y to zero for all t. Boundedness
the expected present value of the net cash at period T is can be established by noting that cash is generated only
P
2ÀT dT zT ½lzT À bzT Š. Suppose our objective is to maximize from sales, which are limited by the demand. Moreover,
this quantity (there may be other objective functions as production is limited by the joint production capacity.
we discuss later in Section 4.4). Then we can formulate
this SCP model as the following stochastic program (S):
X 3.2. Comparison of SCP model with the ALM model
ðSÞ Max 2ÀT dT ½lzT À bzT Š (1)
zT The two models (A) and (S) are quite similar. The model
(A) has interest-rate scenarios and (S) has demand
subject to: scenarios. Both have ‘‘material’’ flows: (S) has physical
X X
kj;ztÀLC zj;ztÀLC þ lztÀ1 ð1 þ rtÀ1 Þ þ bzt þ bpt À pi;ztÀLC xi;tÀLC units being ordered or produced while (A) has the number
z s
j
p p
i
s
of securities being purchased or sold. As already indicated,
the constraints (2)–(4) for balancing cash and inventory in
p (S) have their counterpart for (A). We can impose a soft
Àlzt À bztÀ1 ð1 þ rtÀ1 þ DÞ À bztÀ1 ð1 þ rtÀ1 þ gDÞ ¼ 0; 8zt
limit B on single-period borrowing (i.e., constraint (6)) for
(2) program (A) as well.
X However, the backorder constraint (5) and the joint-
hi;zt þ yj;t aji À xi;tÀLM À hi;ztÀ1 ¼ 0; 8i; 8zt (3) production capacity constraint (7) are relevant to SCP
s
j only. Moreover, the variables for SCP are slightly different
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in the sense that the purchase decision vector xi and the 3.4. Risk measures consideration
production decision vector yj in (S) do not depend on the
scenarios owing to lead times; however, the buy/sell Besides the optimal solution to program (S), the
decision of each security i in (A) is scenario-specific for decision maker should evaluate the goodness of the
ALM. Hence, the number of decision variables associated solution by considering various risk measures. We
with x and y in program (S) grows only linearly, while the propose three risk measures pertaining to SCP under
number of decision variables grows exponentially with uncertainty, adapting the Value-at-Risk (VaR) measures
the number of periods for the ALM model. This makes it from financial risk management. The first risk measure is
easier to solve (S). called Demand-at-Risk (DaR)—a measure of unmet de-
A fundamental difference lies in the generation of mand at any given period t. For example, by considering
scenarios. In ALM, the scenarios for interest rate should, as the distribution of the unmet demand of product j in
a set, (1) match the yield curve, (2) provide the same period t (i.e., uj;zt ), let DaRt ðpÞ be the critical value that
period-on-period returns for all securities to prevent satisfies: Probfuj;zt 4DaRt ðpÞg ¼ p; i.e., there is a probabil-
arbitrage, and (3) discounted cash flows of securities ity p that the unmet consumer demand uj;zt exceed
should match market prices for a chosen set of securities DaRt ðpÞ in period t. Using a similar setup, we can create
like treasuries. Such a restriction does not apply to (S). a measure called Inventory-at-Risk (IaR) that measures
However, this difference applies only to the generation of the inventory level g j;zt exceeding a certain threshold in
scenarios and not to the models themselves or to solution any given period (i.e., Probfg j;zt 4IaRt ðpÞg ¼ p). Finally, we
techniques for these models. can define a measure called Borrowing-at-Risk (BaR) that
p
There are operational differences that do affect measures bzt (the extent of excessive borrowing above the
p
modeling. For ALM, the volume of buying and selling is limit B); i.e., Probfbzt 4BaRt ðpÞg ¼ p.
unrestricted (at least in the model A) whereas for SCP, These risk measures can be computed from the output
selling is limited by the demand. Production capacity or of our stochastic program (S) because we know the
joint-production capacity in (S) is another difference as is probability distributions unmet demand, excess inventory
conversion from inputs to finished product. Finally, there and liquidity for any time period corresponding to the
are lead times for material and cash flows in (S)—such optimal solution. Note that we can reduce the DaR at the
lead times do not have an equivalent in ALM as buy/sell expense of increasing IaR or BaR or vice versa. So, one
decisions of securities are immediately executed. needs to balance these risk measures. However, all three
Overall, the programs (S) and (A) are similar in terms of risk measures can be reduced if uncertainty or the lead
types of decision variables, types of constraints, and the times were to be reduced.
coefficient matrix structure of the constraints. Therefore,
we can discuss the applicability of modeling and solution
4. Modeling choices
choices for ALM to SCP.
To model SCP, we look for guidance in the ALM
3.3. Demand-scenario generation: an example literature for modeling choices including: representation
of uncertainty, time periods and length of the decision
For the SCP model (S), the demand for product j in horizon, the objective function, and constraints. Modeling
period t under scenario zt (i.e., Dj;zt ) can be generated choices are important not only to convince managers
according to a binary event tree (i.e., each scenario zt in of the efficacy of the model but also for solution
period t has two child scenarios in period t+1) as follows. considerations.
Consider modifying an autoregressive model of first order,
i.e., AR(1), in the following manner (Sodhi, 2005a): given 4.1. Representation of uncertainty
an unbiased forecast mj ½tŠ, the Di;zt follows the stochastic
process Dj;z0 À mj ½0Š ¼ 0, and The SCP model (S) relies on an auxiliary demand model
to provide demand scenarios that evolve in the form of a
Dj;zt À mj ½tŠ ¼ yj ðDj;ztÀ1 À mj ½t À 1ŠÞ þ t
binary event tree with either of any pair of child nodes
10. p1, is the product-dependent auto- being equally probable. Only demand uncertainty is taken
correlation coefficient. Notice that the above process for into account similar to the ALM model (A) where only
Dj;zt will be reduced to the standard AR(1) process when interest-rate uncertainty is considered. However, our
model can incorporate other uncertain factors if we can
mj ½tŠ is a constant over time. However, to model certain
handle a (much) larger number of scenarios computa-
effects such as season-related effect or product-lifecycle
tionally. Scenarios can be used to capture one or more
effect, we can make mj ½tŠ depend on time. To be consistent
sources of uncertainty. We have considered demand
with the findings of Lee et al. (2000) regarding the scenarios with only one underlying source of uncertainty
consumer-packaged goods and the electronics industries, in (S) but we could alternatively consider correlated
we can assume that yj 40. The error t is i.i.d. across time demand of multiple products, uncertain production yields,
periods and equals n or Àn with equal probability for some unreliable delivery times and/or uncertain supply, at least
2
positive scalar n; hence, Eðt Þ ¼ 0 and Varðt Þ ¼ v for all t.
4 in principle, using a (very) large number of scenarios.
We shall discuss other mechanisms in the literature for The binary event tree, as described in Section 3.3, is a
generating demand scenarios in Section 4.1. simple way for generating demand scenarios. However, in
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the ALM model, the binary event tree for interest rate ALM model, the planning decision variables x and y can be
uncertainty is built using the yield curve and the prices of modeled as scenario-independent as explained earlier. If
treasury options by assuming a ‘‘risk-neutral’’ world with there are specific time-fence restriction on revising the
‘‘risk-neutral’’ probabilities as opposed to objective or planned values in subsequent periods, these restrictions
subjective ones. All 2T scenarios are included in the ALM can be easily incorporated into our model (S) using initial
model so that the number of periods T cannot be very values for x and y up to the time fence.
large in practice (c.f., Black et al., 1990; Ho and Lee, 1986;
Heath et al., 1990).
To model demand uncertainty, we need to first 4.3. Time periods and the decision horizon
determine the underlying factors that affect product
demand (e.g., market conditions, product novelty, etc.) Our model is motivated by a SCP problem arising from
and then use an appropriate stochastic process to generate such industries as consumer electronics or consumer-
scenarios for the demand of multiple products for multi- packaged goods where it makes sense to consider time
ple time periods. To do so, we can adopt some of the periods in weeks. If the time periods are ‘‘too long’’, we
research development in ALM. Specifically, for interest- will have fewer time periods but will lose the granularity
rate scenario generation using multiple factors, Mulvey needed for operations. If the time periods are ‘‘too short’’,
(1996) uses the two-factor model of Brennan and then the number of time periods and consequently the
Schwartz to generate a sample of interest-rate scenarios. number of scenarios, constraints, and variables will
Hull (2003, Chapters 23, 24) discusses different interest- increase, impacting solution tractability. For instance,
rate models using both one- and two-factor. Bradley and when T ¼ 6 periods, the number of scenarios is only 128
Crane’s (1972) generate interest-rate scenarios by using an but when T ¼ 26 periods, the number of scenarios exceeds
n-ary tree with any number of underlying factors. 67 million. Therefore, we need to consider the length of
While our current model, as depicted in program (S), the time-interval carefully.
assumes that the demands for different products in each In the ALM literature, some researchers have proposed
time period are independent of each other, we may need the use of successive time periods of increasing length to
to construct more realistic scenarios in which these ˜
reduce the number of periods T (e.g., Carino et al., 1994,
demands are correlated. ALM researchers have created ˜
1998; Carino and Ziemba, 1998). The idea of increasing
event trees that use the covariance between across asset length of time periods successively is supported by
classes such as stocks, bonds, and real estate although not commercial supply chain software such as that from SAP
with individual assets. Kouwenberg (2001) and Gaivor- or i2 as is the case with commercial ALM software, e.g.,
onski and de Lange (2000) create event trees for the ALM that from PeopleSoft, now part of Oracle. For a period of
model with selected asset classes (stocks, bonds, real six months in our SCP model, we could have T ¼ 6 with
estate, etc.). They match the means and the covariance two periods of one week, one period of a fortnight, two
matrix of the joint continuous probabilities obtained from periods of one month each, and one period of one quarter
history (or future expectations) of returns to those although doing so makes things trickier in a rolling
obtainable from the event tree as recommended by horizon model with lead times. Therefore we may
Hoyland and Wallace (2001) by solving a nonlinear consider 20–30 equal periods of weeks in the electronics
problem that penalizes differences in the two sets of industry and months in the petrochemical industry.
means and covariance matrices. Consigli and Dempster
(1998) use UK data from 1924–1991 comprising third-
order autoregressive equations to generate annuals re- 4.4. Objective function
turns (and hence probability distributions) for similar
asset classes: ordinary shares, fixed-interest irredeemable The objective of our stochastic program (S) is to
bonds, bank deposits, index-linked securities, and real maximize the expected present value of the net cash
estate. Dert (1999) follows a similar approach for Dutch (cash minus borrowed amount) in period T. We can easily
pension funds with a ‘‘vector’’ autoregressive model for include the value of the assets in period T (as in the ALM
wage inflation, price inflation, cash, stocks, property, model) by adding the asset value of the inputs and
bonds, and GNP. Pflug et al. (2000) use principal finished goods inventory at liquidation prices as well as
component analysis on historical data to extract factors the present value of accounts receivable.
of uncertainty that drive asset returns and interest rates Besides maximizing expected present value, minimiz-
and use these to create scenario trees by matching ing cost has been used in many deterministic tactical SCP
statistical properties. Mulvey and Shetty (2004) generate models with penalties for not meeting demand and costs
ALM scenarios with multiple economic factors. for holding inventory. When the purchasing price for
inputs and the selling price for finished goods are not
available (unlike the assumption for S), we can change the
4.2. Decision variables objective function in our model (S) from maximizing the
expected present value of net cash to minimizing the total
Our SCP model as formulated as program (S) has penalty associated with over-stocking and under-stocking.
scenario-specific decision variables z, h, g, l, and b that This situation occurs in the ALM model as well. While it is
correspond to the current scenario z0 at t ¼ 0 and to the common to maximize the expected present value of net
future scenarios zt , 0otpT E . However, in contrast to the cash position, Dert (1999) has considered a different ALM
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model in which the goal is to minimize the expected costs theoretical problems in multi-period situations. Therefore,
of funding a defined-benefit pension fund. one needs to be cautious about imposing additional
Minimizing the probability of an adverse event—running chance constraints in our SCP model.
out of cash, not meeting demand, or having excessive
inventory—has been captured in our risk measures such
5. Solution–technique choices
as BaR, DaR, and IaR as defined in the previous section.
Similar risk measures have been proposed for ALM and
Our SCP model (S) is simple to understand. However,
other financial models as a way to control risk. For tactical
solving it directly is computationally challenging because
supply chain management this could translate into the
it has more than 100 million constraints and a similar
likelihood of more than a certain quantity of backorders
number of decision variables for a single-product SCP
or surplus respectively (refer to chance constraints below
problem with a 26-period planning horizon. Still, for a
as well).
single product, the distribution-only model (i.e., no
For model (S), the linear objective function is justified
production) solves in only about 5 s for a 10-period
when the decision maker is actually risk-neutral or when
problem on a 1.2 GHz Pentium laptop with 512 MB
his risk-aversion is captured implicitly by penalizing any
memory using XPRESS-MPTM software (Sodhi, 2005a).
borrowings above a threshold value B (or a series of such
This observation suggests that there is hope to solve such
thresholds with increasingly higher penalties) from the
models directly, possibly taking into account its special
expected present value. Modeling risk aversion explicitly
network structure and using solution methods as pro-
is challenging. One objective function is to maximize risk-
posed, for instance, by Mulvey and Vladimirou (1992). In
averse utility uðÁÞ as a function of the subjective probability
addition to seeking direct methods for solving (S), we
distribution f ðÁÞ of ‘‘wealth’’ over terminal scenarios
should consider other solution techniques including
zT (i.e., wzT ). In this case, the objective function
decomposition, sampling of scenarios, aggregation, and
becomes:max uðf ðwzT ÞÞ. A simplified version is the expected
P combined simulation/optimization methods that have
utility function zT fzT u1 ðwzT Þ where fzT is the probability
been proven to be effective for solving program (A) for
of the scenario (Klaassen, 1997). Any utility-based objec-
the ALM model. Because (S) has a coefficient matrix
tive entails nonlinear functions, e.g., expected log value of
similar to that of program (A) for the ALM model, the
excess horizon return (Worzel et al., 1994). Kallberg and
solution techniques for (A) may be effective for solving (S).
Ziemba (1983) discuss the relevance of different forms of
concave utility functions and show that they all give
similar results if the average risk aversion is the same. 5.1. Decomposition
Others attempted to avoid nonlinearity by adding con-
straints to model risk-aversion (Bradley and Crane, 1972; When the number of inputs and/or the number of
˜
Kusy and Ziemba, 1986; Carino et al., 1994, 1998; Carino ˜ finished goods are large, our stochastic program (S) could
and Ziemba, 1998). Such constraints—soft or hard—can be become intractable. However, one can always decompose
used with a linear objective function (e.g., Kusy and the joint-production capacity constraint (7) using Benders
Ziemba, 1986). decomposition by finished product (c.f., Benders, 1962).
This decomposition approach will enable us to decompose
problem (S) into sub-problems, each of which corresponds
4.5. Constraints to a single finished product j. As noted in Sodhi (2005a),
this single-product sub-problem can be solved efficiently.
One modeling choice consideration is how to use (S) to In this case, we could think of using this heuristic
generate output that can be used as input or guidance for decomposition approach as a practical way to manage
a more detailed but deterministic model. Thus, we can demand risk in SCP. When solving the stochastic program
argue for a ‘‘simple’’ model (S) bereft of many practical (A) for the ALM model, Benders decomposition has
constraints but incorporating uncertainty accompanied by generated some promising results: Gondzio and
a detailed model with all the constraints but without Kouwenberg (2001) use Benders decomposition and an
incorporating uncertainty. efficient model generator to solve problems arising from a
For stochastic programming models, the so-called non- Dutch pension funds application with T ¼ 6 and up to 136
anticipatory constraints arise from the requirement that (X4:8 million) scenarios on a parallel computer with 16
for scenarios sharing past events up to a certain time, the processors. Still, to temper our optimism, Mulvey and
decisions must be the same at this time (e.g., Birge and Shetty (2004) describe challenges in solving for even a
Louveaux, 1997). In (S), we have used scenarios in the modest number of scenarios (4096) on a 128-processor
form of a scenario tree so the non-anticipatory constraints machine; they describe the use of interior-point and
are implicitly embedded in the event tree. parallel Cholesky methods as well as new ways to
In the development of the ALM model, some research- reduce the number of floating point operations. Dert
ers, e.g., Dert (1999) and Drijver et al. (2000), use chance (1999) refers to an iterative heuristic for a chance-
constraints to limit the probability of not meeting the constrained ALM model that tackles only one or two time
liabilities, i.e., under-funding the pension fund. For SCP, periods in each iteration. Thus, despite the merits of
not meeting the liabilities is analogous to not meeting decomposition, the large number of scenarios means that
demand. However, according to Kusy and Ziemba (1986), researchers have to approximate uncertainty in some way
such ALM models with chance constraints tend to have for optimal solution.
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Besides using Benders decomposition for solving (S), matrix for the stochastic model using weights correspond-
we should consider applying some of the following ing to the probability distribution of the random variables
decomposition schemes that have been proven to be to determine error bounds for the expected value
effective for solving program (A). For example, Bradley and problem. His aggregation scheme and the corresponding
Crane (1972) obtain sub-problems using decomposition results apply to the case when only the right hand side of
that can be solved efficiently. Kusy and Ziemba (1986) use the constraints is stochastic. This aggregation may be
the algorithm developed by Wets (1983) for a stochastic applicable to our SCP problem when only the demand Dj;zt
LP with fixed recourse, restricting uncertainty to that of of each product j on the right hand side of constraint (5) is
deposit flows. Birge (1982) provides a solution method to stochastic. For the case when all coefficients in the
tackle the large size of multistage stochastic LP’s in constraint matrix are stochastic as well, one may consider
general. Building upon the work of Kusy and Ziemba using the aggregation technique developed by Wright
˜
(1986) and that of Birge (1982), Carino et al. (1994, 1998), (1994) that generalizes Birge’s (1985) work. Moreover, our
˜
and Carino and Ziemba (1998) use Bender’s decomposi- stochastic program (S) for SCP under demand uncertainty
tion to solve problems that have up to 6 periods, 7 asset is essentially a stochastic LP that has a finite number of
classes, and 256 scenarios for a Japanese insurance (discrete) scenarios and is therefore an ordinary LP.
company. Mulvey and Vladimirou (1992) adopt a general- Therefore, we can aggregate scenarios by aggregating
ized network structure for a multi-period asset allocation columns first (Zipkin, 1980a) and then aggregating rows
problem with different classes of bonds, equities, and real later (Zipkin, 1980b).
estate. They solve problems up to 8 periods, 15 asset
classes, and 100 scenarios using the progressive hedging
5.3. Sampling scenarios
algorithm developed by Rockafellar and Wets (1991).
There are other ways to decompose the problem
The restrictions that apply to the set of scenarios for
especially for parallel computation. One approach is to
ALM do not apply to the set of scenarios for SCP as we
relax the afore-mentioned non-anticipatory constraints so
explained earlier. Therefore, we do not need to use all
that we can treat the scenarios independently from each
scenarios from a binary event tree for our SCP model. For
other and thus decompose the stochastic model. All the
instance, we could use simulation to generate a sample of
scenarios can be solved in parallel if a parallel computer
scenarios using one or more factors of uncertainty.
were available. This approach enables one to exploit
However, we could get poor quality solutions depending
parallel computing for solving multi-stage stochastic
on how the demand scenarios were generated (Kouwenberg,
problems as in program (S). Nielsen and Zenios (1993)
2001). Moreover, the solution in each run can be quite
report significant savings in computational effort by using
different from the previous one with the same input because
parallel algorithms for solving stochastic programs devel-
the number of randomly-generated scenarios may be only a
oped by others including Rockafellar and Wets (1991) and
tiny percentage of a large population of very diverse
Mulvey and Ruszcnzyski (1995).
scenarios. This makes comparison of different runs with
different inputs (e.g., forecasts) difficult. To reduce the
5.2. Aggregation
variance of scenarios generated in different runs, Mulvey
and Thorlacius (1999) among others use antithetic sampling
Recall from Section 4 that the number of demand
scenarios for different interest rates, exchange rates, stock
scenarios generated from a binary event tree grows
returns, and inflation rates.
exponentially in the number of periods. As a way to
Besides sampling scenarios, one can combine simula-
reduce the number of scenarios, aggregation appears to be
tion and optimization to get a better representation of
a reasonable way to approximate the uncertainty itself. In
uncertainty (e.g., Seshadri et al., 1998; Sen, 2001).
SCP models, it is common to aggregate finished goods
with similar demand patterns, production lead times, or
product costs, etc. as an ‘‘aggregated product’’ when 6. Conclusion
dealing with thousands of finished goods. Hence, we can
consider using aggregation as a way to reduce the size of We have presented a stochastic programming formula-
our stochastic program (S). Besides aggregating finished tion for a simple SCP model that involves the purchase of
goods, one may consider aggregating customers with inputs from a supplier, their conversion to finished goods
similar demand patterns or suppliers with similar supply at a single plant, and the eventual stocking and selling of
costs or lead times. Two innovative aggregation schemes these goods from a single warehouse facing uncertain
for reducing the size of stochastic program (A) for the ALM demand. We also compared the models in these two
model have been proposed and analyzed by Klaassen domains, drawing out similarities and differences.
(1998). These two aggregation schemes call for aggregat- We have argued that the ALM literature leads the SCP
ing different scenarios into an ‘‘aggregated scenario’’ and literature in its use of stochastic programming and is
for aggregating different time periods into an ‘‘aggregated therefore a useful guide for researchers and practitioners
time period.’’ Owing to the similarity between stochastic wishing to develop stochastic programming models
programs (S) and (A), it is likely these aggregation for SCP.
schemes are applicable to our SCP model. One conclusion from this survey is that no matter how
Birge (1985) obtains a single aggregated scenario by fast computers become or how much solver technology
aggregating the rows and columns of the LP coefficient improves over time, stochastic programming will remain
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