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Total Authors: 3
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Prod Engn, Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Review article |
| Source: | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH; SEP 2021. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
Researchers and practitioners often separate logistics network planning into strategic, tactical, and operational decisions. Due to the interdependence among these levels of decisions, their integration can bring important cost reductions and better network responsiveness in scenarios where there is business change. However, integrated problems entail challenges, such as decision timing, and they are more difficult to model and solve. This article presents a literature review of integrated problems in logistics network planning. The objective is to identify the main integrated decisions, their scopes, integration approaches, and the solution methods used. Although this review addresses research with decisions at different hierarchical planning levels, we observed that integration of strategic and tactical decisions is more common and some of the integration approaches are single-level mono-period models, single-level multi-period models, multi-time scale models, and multi-level models. There is a predominance of aggregated data in these studies. Regarding the solution methods, there is a predominance of heuristic approaches over exact ones, including methods based on decomposition or sequential procedures. Based on the findings of this systematic review, we draw a conceptual framework presenting the main modelling assumptions, integration strategies, and solution methods to the integrated problems, and we also discuss some promising research opportunities. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/07236-0 - Logistics network design: practical aspects to tactical and strategic planning |
| Grantee: | Eli Angela Vitor Toso |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/09563-1 - Optimization models and solution methods for distribution network planning: a case study in the pharmaceutical sector |
| Grantee: | Aura Maria Jalal Osorio |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| FAPESP's process: | 16/01860-1 - Cutting, packing, lot-sizing, scheduling, routing and location problems and their integration in industrial and logistics settings |
| Grantee: | Reinaldo Morabito Neto |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |