Design, Analysis and Optimization of Supply Chains

Acknowledgments

Many friends and colleagues have been highly supportive in the development of this book. First, I want to thank the great people at Business Expert Press: David Parker, Scott Isenberg, and Cindy Durand; and at Scribe, Bill Klump. Working with them has been a pleasure. I want to thank MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi and the members of the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation. Their encouragement, guidance, and advice have been invaluable. I also want to thank my research sponsors at the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command: Ronnie Chronister, Bill Andrews, Artro Whitman, Brian Wood, Johnnie Bradt, Wayne Bruno, and Josh Kennedy. At NASA, John Vickers and Mike Galluzzi have been instrumental in support of the research and modeling ...