Optimisation of the broiler production supply chain

Integrated Production and Transportation Scheduling in Supply Chain Optimisation

In this chapter, an integrated production and transportation scheduling model is proposed. This model is based on multi-item capacitated lot sizing and facility location type models. The objective of the integrated model is to minimize the total production and transportation cost. The integrated model is solved by Lagrangian decomposition method and the decomposed two sub-problems can be solved...

Supply Chain Optimisation in Animal Husbandry

The pig husbandry is an important economic sector. In the last decade, major changes have been made. As a result, farmers came together to introduce the ‘Eco Label pig’, meeting the strong consumer and governmental call for high quality, animal friendly and environmentally friendly food. The market for Eco Label food is expected to grow enormously in the next years, asking for the development o...

Supply chain optimisation with assembly line balancing

Supply chain optimisation using evolutionary algorithms

This paper describes the application of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) to the optimisation of a simplified supply chain in an integrated production-inventory-distribution system. The performance of four EAs (Genetic Algorithm (GA), Evolutionary Programming (EP), Evolution Strategies (ES) and Differential Evolution (DE)) was evaluated with numerical sumulations. Results were also compared with ot...

MasDISPO_xt: heat and sequence optimisation based on simulated trading inside the supply chain of steel production

The production of steel normally constitutes the inception of most Supply Chains in different areas. Steel manufacturing companies are strongly affected by bull whip effects. Due to nondeterministic incoming orders and changes of customer requirements on accepted orders, making the right decision at a certain stage can be the difference between earning or loosing a great turnover. Improving the...