Determining load patterns for the delivery of assembly components under JIT systems

This paper introduces a dynamic programming model and search methods for determining the load patterns of components on trucks from a single supplier to an assembly company. It is assumed that JIT principle is applied to the delivery of components to an assembly company. This study attempts to minim...

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Published inInternational journal of production economics Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 25 - 38
Main Authors Kim, Kap Hwan, Kim, Jae-Boum
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.05.2002
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
SeriesInternational Journal of Production Economics
Subjects
Algorithms
Dynamic programming
JIT
Load pattern
Logistics
Power marketers
Studies
Supply chain
Supply chains
Supply chain
Load pattern
JIT
Logistics
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Summary:This paper introduces a dynamic programming model and search methods for determining the load patterns of components on trucks from a single supplier to an assembly company. It is assumed that JIT principle is applied to the delivery of components to an assembly company. This study attempts to minimize the line-stoppage cost at an assembly company during a planning horizon. A beam search algorithm is developed to determine the optimal load pattern, while candidate load patterns are selected from a database of historical load patterns or generated by a pattern generating algorithm.
ISSN:0925-5273
1873-7579
DOI:10.1016/S0925-5273(01)00200-6