In many applications involving make-to-order or time-sensitive (eg, perishable, seasonal)
products, finished orders are often delivered to customers immediately or shortly after the …

This paper presents a comparison of sequential and integrated planning for the production
routing problem, in which production, inventory, and routing decisions must be made. The …

This paper integrates production and outbound distribution scheduling in order to minimize
total tardiness. The overall problem consists of two subproblems. The first addresses …

Order batching is a general method of grouping a set of orders into several sub sets, ie,
batches. As many warehouses outsource order delivery to a Third Party Logistics (3PL) …

According to [Dolgui, Alexandre, and Jean Marie Proth. 2010. Supply Chain Engineering:
Useful Methods and Techniques. Vol. 539. Springer.], advancing tactical levels in production …

We study conflict and cooperation issues in supply chain manufacturing. Consider an
assembly system where suppliers provide parts to a manufacturer. A product cannot be …

Nowadays, mixed-model assembly lines are applied in a wide range of industries to mass-
produce customized products to order, eg, in automobile industry. An important decision …

Motivated by industrial practices, we explore in this paper the optimal supply chain
scheduling problem in garment manufacturing with the consideration of coordination and …

A critical issue in supply chain management is coordinating the decisions made by decision
makers at different stages, for example a supplier and one or several manufacturers. We …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to research the nature of supply chain strategy (SCS).
It represents one stage of an on‐going research initiative aimed at providing a framework for …