A class of joint production and transportation planning problems under different delivery policies
Author
Koc, U.
Toptal, A.
Sabuncuoglu, I.
Date
2013Source Title
Operations Research Letters
Print ISSN
0167-6377
Electronic ISSN
1872-7468
Volume
41
Issue
1
Pages
54 - 60
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This paper examines a manufacturer's integrated planning problem for the production and the delivery of a set of orders. The manufacturer in this setting can use two vehicle types for outbound shipments. The first type of vehicle is available in unlimited numbers, but expensive. The second type, which is relatively low in its price, has limited and time-varying availability. We analyze the manufacturer's planning problem under different delivery policies characterized by each of the following: whether orders can be split or not, whether they can be consolidated or not, and whether their sizes are restricted to be in integer multiples of vehicle capacities or not.
Keywords
Cargo capacityOutbound transportation
Production/transportation
Supply chain scheduling
Integrated planning
Planning problem
Supply chain scheduling
Transportation planning
Supply chains