Artículo
Embedding the production policy in location-allocation decisions
Autor/es | Carrizosa Priego, Emilio José
Olivares Nadal, Alba Victoria Ramírez Cobo, Josefa |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa |
Fecha de publicación | 2019-11-21 |
Fecha de depósito | 2021-04-23 |
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Resumen | This paper investigates how the production policy, as well as other factors, affect the
facility location-allocation decisions. We focus on a p-median location problem in
which one single perishable product is to be ... This paper investigates how the production policy, as well as other factors, affect the facility location-allocation decisions. We focus on a p-median location problem in which one single perishable product is to be produced and shipped to a set of users. The time-correlated demands of the clients are generated by autoregressive processes, and they are forecasted from historical data. Empirically, we show that: (i) embedding the production policy in the location-allocation decision problem may lead to a facilities-clients assignment which does not necessarily correspond to the minimum cost allocation, but produces better profits, (ii) taking into account the autocorrelation of the demand can significantly improve the performance of the supply chain, and (iii) the variability of the demand strongly affects the performance of the supply chain, so a careful choice of production strategy is especially recommended in this case. |
Cita | Carrizosa Priego, E.J., Olivares Nadal, A.V. y Ramírez Cobo, J. (2019). Embedding the production policy in location-allocation decisions. 4OR: A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, 18 (3), 357-380. |
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