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INTEGRATING PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULING DECISIONS BETWEEN TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY SEPARATED PLANTS
Author(s) -
Miller Tan,
Matta Renato
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of business logistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.611
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2158-1592
pISSN - 0735-3766
DOI - 10.1002/j.2158-1592.2003.tb00034.x
Subject(s) - scheduling (production processes) , computer science , operations research , business , operations management , economics , engineering
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.