INTEGRATING PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULING DECISIONS BETWEEN TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED PLANTS

The integration of scheduling transportation between an intermediate plant and a finishing plant with the simultaneous scheduling of short-run production at these plants represents a challenging problem. This paper proposes a multi-echelon plant-scheduling model to deal with this problem. The proposed optimization model considers all the cost and production capacity issues involved while developing a cost minimizing integrated schedule. Logistics trade-offs requiring consideration are examined, regardless of whether a firm models them explicitly, or simply weighs them implicitly. Managerial implications of both the proposed model and the logistics trade-offs inherent in this scheduling problem are then considered.

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• Authors:
  • Miller, T
  • de Matta, R
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 111-146
• Serial:
  • Journal of Business Logistics
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers Limited
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2158-1592
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2158-1592

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business practices; Factories; Industrial plants; Logistics; Manufacturing; Optimization; Production control; Schedules and scheduling
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00964655
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 1 2003 12:00AM