This paper analyzes a realistic variant of the Permutation Flow-Shop Problem (PFSP) by considering a non-smooth objective function that takes into account not only the traditional makespan cost but also failure-risk costs ...

E‐Commerce activity has been increasing during recent years, and this trend is expected to continue in the near future. e‐Commerce practices are subject to uncertainty conditions and high variability in customers’ demands. ...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the interaction of two topics: supply chain management (SCM) and the internet. Merging these two fields is a key area of concern for contemporary managers and researchers. ...

Distribution planning is crucial for most companies since goods are rarely produced and consumed at the same place. Distribution costs, in addition, can be an important component of the final cost of the products. In this ...

In this work, we consider the internal logistics processes in the car assembling company SEAT S.A (where SEAT is Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo). We focus on the design of the supplying routes from the warehouse ...

This paper focuses on iterated local search heuristics for the maximum cut‐clique (MCC, or clique neighborhood) problem. Given an undirected graph G = (V,E) and a clique C of G, the cut‐clique is the set of edges running ...

The combination of increasing life spans and low birth rates is accelerating the pace at which the share of older adults in the population worldwide is rising. As people age, their autonomy tends to decrease which leads ...

Iterated Local Search (ILS) is one of the most popular single-solution-based metaheuristics. ILS is recognized by many authors as a relatively simple yet efficient framework able to deal with complex combinatorial optimization ...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a problem-based learning (PBL) activity that uses a decision support system (DSS) to teach one of the most fundamental topics in distribution planning: vehicle routing. ...