Coordination of production and interstage batch delivery with outsourced distribution

Integrated scheduling of a multi-product multi-factory manufacturing system with maritime transport limits

“…Safaei et al (2010) studied an integrated model with the consideration of limited vehicles in a series-structured multi-factory manufacturing system. In recent literature, some researchers studied the planning instead of detailed scheduling for the production-distribution problems (Liu and Papageorgiou, 2013;Fahimnia et al, 2013;Calvete, 2014), while others focused on the scheduling of multi-site series-structured production-distribution problems (H'Mida and Lopez, 2013;Agnetis et al, 2014). Agnetis et al (2014) considered a coordinated production and batch delivery scheduling problem.…”

“…In recent literature, some researchers studied the planning instead of detailed scheduling for the production-distribution problems (Liu and Papageorgiou, 2013;Fahimnia et al, 2013;Calvete, 2014), while others focused on the scheduling of multi-site series-structured production-distribution problems (H'Mida and Lopez, 2013;Agnetis et al, 2014). Agnetis et al (2014) considered a coordinated production and batch delivery scheduling problem. A three-party logistics provider is responsible to deliver semi-finished products between factories by two transportation modes, i.e., regular transportation and express transportation.…”

Integrated scheduling of production and distribution to minimize total cost using an improved ant colony optimization method

“…The other kind of two-stage problem is the scheduling between the manufacturer and its customers. Agnetis, Aloulou, and Fu (2014) considered the coordination of production and interstage batch delivery using a third-party logistic (3PL) provider. Algorithms for solving the problem include approximation algorithms (Averbakh & Xue, 2007) and intelligent algorithms (Naso, Surico, Turchaiano, & Kaymak, 2007;Zegordi, Abadi, & Nia, 2007).…”

Coordinating order acceptance and integrated lot streaming-batch delivery scheduling considering third party logistics

“…In distribution and delivery, as many companies are unable to provide sufficient transportation facilities to deliver the customer orders due to high costs of initial investment, transportation is outsourced to the third-party logistics (3PL) providers in many practical cases (Agnetis et al, 2014;Mehri et al, 2013;Pourghahreman & Qhatari, 2015;Rahchamandi & Fallahi, 2014). Aguezzoul (2014) presented a review on 3PL studies.…”