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Logistics of Supply Chain Management:
- integration of manufacturing and logistics decisions
- supplier selection and development
- analysis of multi-echelon inventory and logistics systems
- supply chain transportation decisions
- competition and cooperation between supply chain members.

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Manufacturing System Planning and Performance Evaluation
- coordination of multiple manufacturing cells
- computational testing of scheduling of production operations
- agile manufacturing: operational and human issues related to methods (such as U-shaped lines and cellular production) aimed at improving flexibility and cost-effectiveness without sacrificing throughput benefits commonly found in assembly lines.