Order Assignment and Scheduling in a Supply Chain - Chen, Zhi-Long; Pundoor, Guruprasad (Operations research, 2006)
Keywords: Algorithms; Analysis; Applied sciences; approximation/heuristic; Business orders; Delivery services; deterministic sequencing; Distribution of goods; Exact sciences and technology; Heuristic; Heuristics; integer; Inventory control, production control. Distribution; Logistics; Manufacturers; manufacturing; Operational research and scientific management; Operational research. Management science; Order processing; performance/productivity; Production costs; Production scheduling; programming; Scheduling; Shipments; Studies; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Total costs; transportation; Transportation costs; Performance evaluation; Ordered set; Worst case method; Processing time; Numerical method; Life cycle; Classification; Sequencing; Productivity; production/scheduling: approximation/heuristic; deterministic sequencing; manufacturing: Subject classifications: production/scheduling: approximation/heuristic; deterministic sequencing; manufa performance/productivity; transportation: scheduling; programming: integer; Assignment problem; Distribution cost; Service; and Supply Chain Operations; Scheduling; Order picking; algorithms; heuristic. Manufacturing; Computational complexity; Delivery lead time; Integer programming; Production management; Retailers; Heuristic method; Production cost; Asymptotic approximation; Logistics