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The inventory routing problem under uncertainty with perishable products: an application in the agri-food supply chain.
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Soft Computing - A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies & Applications . Sep2020, Vol. 24 Issue 18, p13725-13740. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In this paper, we propose a dynamic and stochastic approach for an inventory routing problem in which products with a high perishability must be delivered from a supplier to a set of customers. This problem falls within the agri-food supply chain (ASC ) management field, which includes all the activities from production to distribution. The need for high-quality products that are subject to perishability is a critical issue to consider in the ASC optimization. Moreover, the demand uncertainty makes the problem very challenging. In order to effectively manage all these features, a rolling horizon approach based on a multistage stochastic linear program is proposed. Computational experiments over medium-size instances designed on the basis of the real data provided by an agri-food company operating in Southern Italy show the effectiveness of the proposed approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14327643
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 18
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Soft Computing - A Fusion of Foundations, Methodologies & Applications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145053961
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-04497-z