Coordinating production and distribution of jobs with bundling operations

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Title:	Coordinating production and distribution of jobs with bundling operations
Authors:	Li, CL Vairaktarakis, G
Issue Date:	Feb-2007
Source:	IIE transactions, Feb. 2007, v. 39, no. 2, p. 203-215
Abstract:	We consider an integrated scheduling and distribution model in which jobs completed by two different machines must be bundled together for delivery. The objective is to minimize the sum of the delivery cost and customers' waiting costs. Such a model not only attempts to coordinate the job schedules on both machines, but also aims to coordinate the machine schedules with the delivery plan. Polynomial-time heuristics and approximation schemes are developed for the model with only direct shipments as well as the general model with milk-run deliveries.
Keywords:	Scheduling Distribution Bundling operations Coordination Polynomial-time approximation schemes
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Journal:	IIE transactions
ISSN:	0740-817X
EISSN:	1545-8830
DOI:	10.1080/07408170600735561
Rights:	© 2007 “IIE”. This is an electronic version of an article published in C.-L. Li and G. Vairaktarakis (2007), IIE Transactions, 39(2), 203-215. IIE Transactions is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com, the open URL of the article: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0740-817X&volume=39&issue=2&spage=203.
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