Integrated demand-responsive scheduling of maintenance and transportation operations in military supply chains. Issue 19 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tsadikovich, Dmitry; Levner, Eugene; Tell, Hanan; Werner, Frank
• Is Part Of: International journal of production research. Volume 54:Issue 19(2016)
• Page Start: 5798
• Page End: 5810
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: integrated scheduling -- military supply chain -- modelling -- simulation; Factory management -- Periodicals; 658.57
• DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1178864
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7543

Abstract

Abstract : The management of a military supply chain (SC) involves the integration of production, packaging, warehousing, repair, maintenance and transportation of army supplies. In this paper, we focus on the integrated demand-responsive scheduling of maintenance and transportation operations within the SC. We consider a modular representation of a SC, in which the maintenance and transportation operations constitute the corresponding modules. An efficient integration of these operations is carried out by an additional controlling (commanding) module. We describe and analyse the optimisation problems arising in each module. The main contribution of the paper is that the analysis and optimisation of the controlling module permit to enhance the performance of the entire SC. Computational experiments prove the validity and effectiveness of the suggested models.