Production scheduling and preventive maintenance planning decisions are inter-dependent but most often made independently. Given that maintenance affects available production time and elapsed production time affects the probability of machine failure, this interdependency seems to be overlooked in the literature. We propose an integrated model that simultaneously determines production schedulin...

The rolling horizon method has been proposed to address the integrated production planning and scheduling optimization problem. Since the method can generally result in small-scale optimization model and fast solution, it has been used in a number of applications in realistic industrial planning and scheduling problems. In this paper, it is first pointed out that the incorporation of valid prod...

This study aims to develop a multi-period distribution system design model that provides an integrated view of the various costs, service quality and budget concerns within the planning horizon, as well as computationally feasible methods for obtaining solutions in realistic situations. The key design decisions considered in each period are: the number and location of distribution centers in t...