This thesis proposes to evaluate the effect of transfer batch size on lead time reduction in flow shop environments (balanced and unbalanced, with a bottleneck). In order to achieve this objective, Design Science was used ...

The present study aims to value lead time in a luxury product supply chain. Lead time could be seen as an important element in a responsive supply chain strategy while responsiveness is the ability of reacting to unexpected ...

In this work we address the optimization of the production of household appliances in a white line segment. The main characteristics of this production process are maximum number of lot breaks per time period; production ...

Production and distribution are two key decisions in supply chain management. In order to achieve an effective operational performance along the supply chain, it might be important for these two decisions to be planned in ...

The present work aims to study the problem of the production scheduling optimization of fruit-based beverage, such as nectars and fruit flavoured drinks. This is a lot sizing and scheduling problem in two main production ...

The object of this study is the routing and scheduling problem of vessels with pickup and delivery and time windows in the oil industry. A case study was performed in a Brazilian oil industry that produces crude oil in o ...

Logistics efficiency is critical to the business success of most organizations. Inherent in the logistics process, vehicle routing plays an important role to ensure lower costs and customer satisfaction. The vehicle routing ...

Extreme events as large-scale disasters can cause partial or total disruption of basic services such as water, energy, communication and transportation. In particular, recovering the transportation infrastructure is of ...

The purpose of this study is to develop effective methods to analyze the configuration and operation of the emergency medical systems (EMS) on highways. Due to the stochastic nature of these systems, especially in the ...

In this research, the structural assembly schedule of activities in the aeronautical industry is studied. Structural assemblies are the manufacturing stage in which the parts, sub-assemblies and the main structural parts ...