A review of mathematical programming models for strategic capacity planning in manufacturing

C Martínez-Costa, M Mas-Machuca, E Benedito… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper offers an up-to-date review on strategic capacity planning in manufacturing
companies, with two main objectives:(1) to describe and analyze the strategic capacity …

Smart semiconductor manufacturing for pricing, demand planning, capacity portfolio and cost for sustainable supply chain management

CF Chien, HA Kuo, YS Lin - International Journal of Logistics …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Leading nations have re-emphasised the importance of semiconductor manufacturing to
supply chain safety and resilience. Limitations of the existing studies can be traced in part to …

Semiconductor capacity expansion based on forecast evolution and mini-max regret strategy for smart production under demand uncertainty

HA Kuo, CF Chien - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Semiconductor industry has continuously migrated for advanced technology nodes with
capital intensive capacities to fulfil the demands and maintain competitive advantages …

Service expansion for chained business facilities under congestion and market competition

YH Lin, Q Tian, S Liu - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We study a service expansion problem for chained business facilities under endogenic
facility congestion and exogenous market competition. More specifically, we consider a …

Capacity planning with technology replacement by stochastic dynamic programming

KJ Wang, PH Nguyen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Technology replacement is capital intensive and highly risky in fast-paced high-tech
industries along lumpy demand. This article proposes a solution to decision-making related …

A novel bi-vector encoding genetic algorithm for the simultaneous multiple resources scheduling problem

JZ Wu, XC Hao, CF Chien, M Gen - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2012 - Springer
To improve capital effectiveness in light of demand fluctuation, it is increasingly important for
high-tech companies to develop effective solutions for managing multiple resources …

Optimizing production capacity and safety stocks in general acyclic supply chains

F Ghadimi, T Aouam, M Vanhoucke - Computers & Operations Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the joint optimization of production capacity and safety stocks in
supply chains under the guaranteed service approach (GSA). The integrated problem is …

A resource portfolio planning model using sampling-based stochastic programming and genetic algorithm

KJ Wang, SM Wang, JC Chen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Resource portfolio planning optimization is crucial to high-tech manufacturing industries.
One of the most important characteristics of such a problem is intensive investment and risk …

Semiconductor final test scheduling with Sarsa (λ, k) algorithm

Z Zhang, L Zheng, F Hou, N Li - European Journal of Operational Research, 2011 - Elsevier
Semiconductor test scheduling problem is a variation of reentrant unrelated parallel
machine problems considering multiple resource constraints, intricate {product, tester, kit …

A resource portfolio model for equipment investment and allocation of semiconductor testing industry

KJ Wang, SM Wang, SJ Yang - European Journal of Operational Research, 2007 - Elsevier
Profitable but risky semiconductor testing market has led companies in the industry to
carefully seek to maximize their profits by developing a proper resource portfolio plan for …