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Production, Transportation, and Distribution Planning in a Multi-Commodity Tri-Echelon System

To achieve high productivity in manufacturing plants and warehouses, an orderly and flexible flow of materials is essential. The interaction between the manufacturing plants and warehouses and issues related to distribution of multiple commodities to customers from warehouses represents a crucial st...

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Published in:	Transportation science 1996-11, Vol.30 (4), p.291-302
Main Authors:	Pirkul, Hasan, Jayaraman, Vaidyanathan
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Subjects:	Algorithms Distribution Economic performance Fixed costs Heuristics Industrial plant locations Integer programming Lagrangian function Logistics Marketing strategies Production Productivity policy Transport Transport policy Transportation Warehouses
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