A critical issue in supply chain management is coordinating the decisions made by decisionmakers at different stages, for example a supplier and one or several manufacturers. We model this issue by assuming that both the supplier and each manufacturer have an ideal schedule, determined by their own costs and constraints. An interchange cost is incurred by the supplier or a manufacturer whenever...

Under the tide of globalization and mass customization, manufacturer is seeking dynamic outsourcing of some operations to other specialists (i.e. contract manufacturer) in order to improve cost effectiveness of its supply chain. The benefits of outsourcing cannot be realized unless information sharing and coordinated scheduling between independent organizations in a supply chain are well config...

Resource scheduling is a critical step in the management of complex logistic networks. The paper proposes an integrated scheduling and simulation approach for dynamic resource allocation in complex transportation logistics. An example application, specific to the maritime logistics of the chemical supply chain, is discussed in the paper, along with preliminary testing of the system by industria...

Optimization issues of scheduling problems have long been examined for more than 50 years. Numerous studies are devoted to the scheduling issues in logistics and supply chain systems. Indeed, scheduling problems of logistics and supply chain systems have a combinatorial nature and thus computational complexity is usually very high. In this regard, this study reviews the existing literature and ...

This paper concentrates on the minimization of total tardiness and earliness of orders in an integrated production and transportation scheduling problem in a two-stage supply chain. Moreover, several constraints are also considered, including time windows due dates, and suppliers and vehicles availability times. After presenting the mathematical model of the problem, a developed version of GA c...

A supply chain encompasses several agents, such as vendors, wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers and customers. These companies must share information and coordinate physical execution to ensure a smooth flow of goods, services, information, and cash through the pipeline. Collaboration among entities in the supply chain can have a positive impact on the system performance. In this context, the...