Solving a Supply Chain Optimization Problem Collaboratively

• Main Authors: LAU, Hoong Chuin, LIM, A. L. C., LIU, Q
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Computer Sciences; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1117; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2116/viewcontent/aaai2k.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We propose a novel algorithmic framework to solve an integrated planning and scheduling problem in supply chain management. This problem involves the integration of an inventory management problem and the vehicle routing problem with time windows, both of which are known to be NP-hard. Under this fr...