INTEGRATING PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULING DECISIONS BETWEEN TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED PLANTS

✍ Scribed by Tan Miller; Renato de Matta

• Book ID: 102870934
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 679 KB
• Volume: 24
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-3766
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2003.tb00034.x

✦ Synopsis

Integrating the scheduling of transportation between an intermediate plant and a finishing plant with the simultaneous scheduling of short run production at these plants represents a challenging problem. The paper addresses this problem and illustrates the significant potential benefits of an integrated approach to this problem.