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Sponsor: Alcoa Corporation Research Team: Sunderesh Heragu, Gail W. DePuy, Gerald W Evans Universities Involved: University of Louisville Start Date: 09/01/05 End Date: 06/30/06 Summary: This project develops a linear, mixed-integer mathematical programming model to minimize cost and improve customer service levelsAlcoa Engineered Products (AEP) is interested in developing an […]

This project integrates a three-dimensional bin packing problem and a mode selection problem in the international consolidation context. The objective is to minimize the total costs involved in the global supply chain, including ocean container costs, handling costs, Truckload (TL) and Less-than-truck (LTL) costs.

The objective of this project is to develop a comprehensive selective maintenance model that considers multiple systems and allows for the planning horizon to expand and to incorporate important concepts such as component aging, imperfect maintenance, cannibalization and workforce shaping into the new selective maintenance models