This book helps readers understand the main issues, challenges, strategies, and solution methods in Aggregate Planning (AP), an important part of Supply Chain Management. The design of the book supports readers in the fields of engineering and management to learn practical knowledge about AP in a short look. Moreover, it delivers materials that consider multiple criteria in an AP model that is also required in sustainable developments. In spite of the simple structure of the book, it approaches more complicated mathematical models with single/multiple objective functions to include more practical decisions in AP. It addresses those issues without increasing the complexity of the book to keep it useful for practitioners.

Seyyed Amir Babak Rasmi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Next-Generation Logistics, a Research Partnership between the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and the National University of Singapore’s Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey and his MSc in Industrial Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. His research interests include supply chain management, logistics, simulation modelling, and optimization.

Metin Turkay is a Professor of Industrial Engineering at Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. His research interests include sustainable supply chains, logistics system engineering, and process system engineering. He has written several books and contributed many chapters, including several with Springer.