1. Chapter 3
Supply network design

2. Figure 3.1 Supply network design involves configuring the shape and capabilities of the supply network

3. Figure 3.2 Supply network terminology

4. Figure 3.3 The decision logic of outsourcing

5. Figure 3.4 Offshoring and outsourcing are related but different

6. Figure 3.5 Unit cost curves for individual truck service centres of varying capacities

7. Figure 3.6 The scale of capacity increments affects the utilisation of capacity

8. Figure 3.7 Capacity-leading and capacity-lagging strategies

9. Figure 3.8 Smoothing with inventory means using the excess capacity of one period to produce inventory with which to supply the under-capacity of another period

10. Figure 3.9 Incurring fixed costs repeatedly can raise total costs above revenue over some ranges of output

11. Figure 3.10 Simple prediction of future child population

12. Figure 3.11 Some of the key causal variables in predicting child populations

13. Figure 3.12 Time series analysis with (a) trend, (b) seasonality and (c) random variation

14. Figure A comparison of a moving-average forecast and exponential smoothing with the smoothing constant  = 0.2 and 0.3

15. Figure Regression line showing the relationship between the previous week’s average temperature and demand