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A Mathematical Model and a Matheuristic for In-Plant Milk-Run Systems Design and Application in White Goods Industry

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Effective material distribution is a vital issue to maintain the assembly lines’ operations. So, coordination of the material supply to the assembly lines requires a system design that minimizes total material handling, inventory holding costs and prevents parts shortage. This is called the multi-commodity multi-vehicle material supply system design problem. To solve this, first, a Single-Vehicle Milk-run Mathematical Model is proposed. Then, a Matheuristic that iteratively employs the proposed model is developed to design a multi-vehicle in-plant milk-run system. The proposed methodology is validated by designing the milk-run system of a real washing machine assembly plant.

Keywords

  • Milk-run
  • Part feeding
  • Assembly lines
  • Mathematical model
  • Matheuristic

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This study has been financially supported by the Turkish National Science Foundation (TUBITAK), through the 215M143 research project.

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  1. Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

    Kadir Buyukozkan

  2. Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Yalova University, Yalova, Turkey

    Alperen Bal

  3. Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey

    Mehmet Kursat Oksuz

  4. Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Management, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Emine Nisa Kapukaya & Sule Itir Satoglu

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    Emre Cevikcan

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Buyukozkan, K., Bal, A., Oksuz, M.K., Kapukaya, E.N., Satoglu, S.I. (2019). A Mathematical Model and a Matheuristic for In-Plant Milk-Run Systems Design and Application in White Goods Industry. In: Calisir, F., Cevikcan, E., Camgoz Akdag, H. (eds) Industrial Engineering in the Big Data Era. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03317-0_9

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