Coordination of production and interstage batch delivery with outsourced distribution

Coordination of production and interstage batch delivery with outsourced distribution

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Article ID: iaor20141844
Volume: 238
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 130
End Page Number: 142
Publication Date: Oct 2014
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: , ,
Keywords: delivery-time analysis, logistics, outsourcing
Abstract:

In this paper, we consider coordinated production and interstage batch delivery scheduling problems, where a third‐party logistics provider (3PP) delivers semi‐finished products in batches from one production location to another production location belonging to the same manufacturer. A batch cannot be delivered until all jobs of the batch are completed at the upstream stage. The 3PP is required to deliver each product within a time T from its release at the upstream stage. We consider two transportation modes: regular transportation, for which delivery departure times are fixed at the beginning, and express transportation, for which delivery departure times are flexible. We analyze the problems faced by the 3PP when either the manufacturer dominates or the 3PP dominates. In this context, we investigate the complexity of several problems, providing polynomiality and NP‐completeness results.

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