In many applications involving make-to-order or time-sensitive (eg, perishable, seasonal)
products, finished orders are often delivered to customers immediately or shortly after the …

This paper integrates production and outbound distribution scheduling in order to minimize
total tardiness. The overall problem consists of two subproblems. The first addresses …

In this paper we study coordinated scheduling of the outsourcing, in-house production and
distribution operations. In our integrated scheduling model, each job is either outsourced by …

Make-to-order or direct-order business models that require close interaction between
production and distribution activities have been adopted by many enterprises in order to be …

In this paper, the integrated production scheduling and vehicle routing problem is
considered for a Make-to-Order manufacturer, who has a single machine for production and …

This paper presents a review of single machine scheduling to minimize the weighted
number of tardy jobs. The problem involves processing n jobs on a single machine, each …

In this paper we study the production scheduling problem for a two-stage flow shop in which
there are options of outsourcing some operations to subcontractors. The basic objective is to …

We study a variation of the Integrated Production and Distribution Problem (IPDP) in which
orders are processed and delivered in batches with limited vehicle capacity. We emphasize …

We study the problem of minimising the total weighted tardiness and total distribution costs
in an integrated production and distribution environment. Orders are received by a …

In this paper, we address a new scheduling model for a firm with an option of outsourcing. A
job can be processed by either in-house production or outsourcing. All outsourced jobs have …