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In this paper, we are interested in a multi-facility, multi-product and multi-period industrial problem. In this problem, both production and distribution costs are significant and they are inter-related. Therefore they should be considered simultaneously in a cost optimization problem. We model this combined production–distribution problem in the form of a network flow problem with relatively few additional 0–1 variables describing the linking constraints between periods. Computational experiments show that the real size problems we encountered can be solved in reasonable time using commercial linear programming codes like CPLEX.
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Dhaenens-Flipo, C., Finke, G. An Integrated Model for an Industrial Production–Distribution Problem. IIE Transactions 33, 705–715 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010937614432
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