Managing operations in both manufacturing and service organizations have evolved
tremendously over the years with the change in market requirements. The market has …

Bioenergy schemes are multi-faceted and complex by nature, with many available raw
material supplies and technical options and a diverse set of stakeholders holding a raft of …

Abstract Over the years, Operational Research (OR) has been used extensively to support
the forest products industry and public forestry organizations (eg, governments …

Abstract Tactical Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) has emerged as an extension of
the aggregate production planning, integrating mid-term decisions from procurement …

Sales and operations planning (S&OP) has become a widely recognized process of supply
chain planning. However, until the present time, the evaluation of its benefits has been …

Supply chains (SCs) can be managed at many levels. The use of tactical SC planning
models with multiple flexibility options can help manage the usual operations efficiently and …

The aim of this paper is to classify the literature related to the integration between the lot-
sizing and cutting stock problem. A deterministic mathematical model, that considers …

This study presents a review of optimization models for tactical production planning. The
objective of this research is to identify streams and future research directions in this field …

This paper first presents an overview of inventory management. This includes a
categorization, by a number of dimensions, of inventory problems and associated models …

Abstract The Patient Admission Scheduling (PAS) problem is a combinatorial optimization
problem where elective patients are automatically assigned to beds for the duration of their …