Meeting customers' demand with the minimum cost, the required quality, and within the expected timeframe is the ultimatum goal of producers and logistics companies alike. To achieve this goal, real-time supply chain systems ...

This paper focuses on a simple perishable product supply chain with a vendor and multiple retailers. These retailers, densely dispersed in a distribution zone, are sensitive to price, delivery time and product quality. ...

Recent concerns over the use of and reliance on fossil fuels have stimulated research efforts in identifying, developing, and selecting alternative energy sources. Biofuels represent a promising replacement for conventional ...

Manufacturing has traditionally been the domain of centralised factories, set-up and optimised to make a sole product or product-range. Whilst the in-house efficacy of such systems has been greatly improved due to lean ...

Decreasing or entire eliminating all kinds of waste in production systems is one of the main goals of today's companies implementing lean management. Wastes can be found in material warehouses or facilities, all production ...