TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of integrated analysis of production-distribution systems
AU - Sarmiento, Ana Maria
AU - Nagi, Rakesh
N1 - Funding Information:
Rakesh Nagi is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the State University of New York, Buffalo. Prior to joining UB in the Fall of I993 he was a Research Associate at the Institute for Systems Re- search (ISR) at the University of Maryland at College Park. He received his Ph.D. (1991) and M.S. (1989) degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park, while he worked at ISR and INRIA, France, and received the outstanding graduate student award. His B.E. (1987) degree in mechanical engineering is from University of Roorkee, India. Dr. Nagi's major research thrust is in the area of production systems. His recent research interests are in agile enterprises, information-based manufacturing and logistics and supply chain management. He was awarded the National Science Foundation's faculty early career award in 1996. He is a member of IIE, SME and ASEE.
Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the valuable comments and remarks of two anonymous referees. Rakesh Nagi acknowledges the support of National Science Foundation under grant DMI-9624309. Ana Maria ac-knowiedges the Society Of Logistics Engineers (SOLE) for the doctoral dissertation proposal award of 1998.
PY - 1999/11
Y1 - 1999/11
N2 - This paper reviews recent work on integrated analysis of production-distribution systems, and identifies important areas where further research is needed. By integrated analysis we understand analysis performed on models that integrate decisions of different production and distribution functions for a simultaneous optimization. We review work that explicitly considers the transportation system in the analysis, since we are interested in the following questions: (i) how have logistics aspects been included in the integrated analysis? and (ii) what competitive advantages, if any, have been obtained from the integration of the distribution function to other production functions within a company and among different companies? In our review we also mention whether the work has been done at the strategic level, i.e., if it concerns the design of the distribution system, or at the tactical level, i.e., if it concerns optimization problems for which the characteristics of the distribution system are provided.
AB - This paper reviews recent work on integrated analysis of production-distribution systems, and identifies important areas where further research is needed. By integrated analysis we understand analysis performed on models that integrate decisions of different production and distribution functions for a simultaneous optimization. We review work that explicitly considers the transportation system in the analysis, since we are interested in the following questions: (i) how have logistics aspects been included in the integrated analysis? and (ii) what competitive advantages, if any, have been obtained from the integration of the distribution function to other production functions within a company and among different companies? In our review we also mention whether the work has been done at the strategic level, i.e., if it concerns the design of the distribution system, or at the tactical level, i.e., if it concerns optimization problems for which the characteristics of the distribution system are provided.
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U2 - 10.1080/07408179908969907
DO - 10.1080/07408179908969907
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033344267
SN - 0740-817X
VL - 31
SP - 1061
EP - 1074
JO - IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)
JF - IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)
IS - 11
ER -