Program Overview

Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, IIT Bombay

Overview

The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at IIT Bombay offers various academic programs, including Ph.D., M.Sc., M.Sc-Ph.D., M.Tech, B.Tech, and B.Tech Minor. The department also provides opportunities for research and development in the field of industrial engineering and operations research.

Academic Programs

• Ph.D.
• M.Sc.
• M.Sc-Ph.D.
• M.Tech
• B.Tech
• B.Tech Minor
• IDDDP
• CEP

Courses

The department offers various courses, including:

• IEOR Courses
• Time Table

Research Areas

The department conducts research in various areas, including:

• Research Topics
• Publications
• Student Projects
• Computing
• FedEx ALFA
• TCAAI

Admissions

The department offers admissions to various programs, including:

• Ph.D.
• M.Sc.
• M.Tech.
• B.Tech.
• FAQ - Admissions

Opportunities

The department provides various opportunities, including:

• Faculty Positions
• Corporate Visitors
• Placements

IE302: Logistics and Supply Chains

Prerequisites

• Operations Analysis
• Probability & Statistics
• Optimisation

Contents

• Components of a supply chain
• Supply chain structure
• Decisions in Supply chains
• Facility location / allocation models
• Facility location under uncertainty
• Inventory management under multi-player settings, risk pooling
• Global supply chains
• Sourcing decisions
• Measures of effectiveness of supply chain performance
• Transport of commodities
• Freight modes, Economic batch size of movement, hub and spoke networks, First mile, line haul and last mile of movement
• Multi-modal freight transportation, Vehicle planning and routing
• Crew planning
• Pricing and Revenue Management
• Information feedbacks and Bullwhip
• Sustainable Supply Chains: Reverse flows, reuse, recycle, remanufacture etc.

References

• Chopra and Meindl, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operations, 6th ed, 2016
• Janat Shah, Supply Chain Management, Text & Cases, 2016
• Simchi-Levi, D. P. Kaminski and E. Simchi-Levi (2003), Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies, (2nd Edition) Irwin, McGraw-Hill
• G. Raghuram and N. Rangaraj [Editors] (2000) Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Cases and Concepts, Macmillan, New Delhi
• Shapiro J. (2001), Modelling the Supply Chain, Duxbury Thomson Learning
• Narayan Rangaraj, G. Raghuram, Mandyam Srinivasan, Supply Chain Management, McGrawHill, 2008