LibStrat-SCM - Decision support for strategic supply chain planning

Fraunhofer ITWM

The strategic design of a supply chain network is a fundamental component for the development of successful tactical and operational plans. The main project topics are:

  • planning of all supply chain activities at optimal cost: facility location, procurement, production, storage and distribution
  • modeling of an unlimited number and type of facilities, shipping lanes between arbitrary facilities, production and warehouse capacities
  • decision support for opening / closing / relocating facilities throughout a time horizon given a limited budget
  • solving large-scale MILP (mixed integer linear problems) with the commercial solver ILOG CPLEX®
  • efficient heuristic procedures to obtain good feasible solutions with reduced computational effort

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