Responsive production planning and replenishment consolidation scheduling for a two-echelon supply chain

This paper introduces a new mathematical model for production planning and replenishment scheduling in a two-echelon supply chain. The problem addresses production and replenishment coordination, and shipment consolidation decisions in a supply chain that consists of a manufacturer who provides inventory replenishments to multiple distribution centres (DCs). The consolidation activities in this problem are not restricted to specific policies such as aggregation of shipments at regular times or consolidating when a predetermined quantity has accumulated. Rather, the authors consider the construction of a detailed shipment consolidation schedule over a planning horizon. The problem sheds light on the trade-off between transportation costs, manufacturer inventory holding costs, DC inventory holding costs, and DC backorder costs. The authors develop a mixed-integer quadratic optimisation model to identify the shipment consolidation schedule that minimises total cost. A genetic algorithm is developed to handle large problem instances. Experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed solution methods.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLSM.2024.140400
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  • Copyright © 2024 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Alavi, Sepideh
  • Petering, Matthew E H
  • Ross, Anthony
• Publication Date: 2024

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 508-531
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Limited
  • ISSN: 1742-7967
  • EISSN: 1742-7945
  • Serial URL: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijlsm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Inventory control; Optimization; Shipments; Supply chain management
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01930601
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 2024 9:00AM