U. S. Army Policy is outpacing technology capability in the requirements for systems’ prognostics. During the past five years, research and development (RBD) has been ongoing in the area of component prognostic techniques in laboratories, universities, and industry. The R&D has resulted in point solutions to specific items, but in general, they are expensive and provide limited system-level inf...

We study the integrated logistics network design and inventory stocking problem as characterized by the interdependency of the design and stocking decisions in service parts logistics. These two sets of decisions have been usually considered sequentially in practice, and the associated problems have been tackled separately in the research literature. The overall problem is typically further com...

with development of technology and science and continuous increase in productivity, product life cycles are shortened and customer demands are more personalized and diversified, which makes companies face with ever changing and unpredictable competitive environment. therefore, rapid response to market competition has become one of the main focuses and the competitive advantages. today, one of t...

This paper estimates the benefits and challenges of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) on the Logistics system of an enterprise. By identifying the needs and challenges for the efficient development of an ERP system, the authors understand how an ERP directly contributes to the achievement of operational, strategic, tactical, and organizational benefits. In order to achieve these aims, a re...

We study the integrated logistics network design and inventory stocking problem as characterized by the interdependency of the design and stocking decisions in service parts logistics. These two sets of decisions have been usually considered sequentially in practice, and the associated problems have been tackled separately in the research literature. The overall problem is typically further com...

This paper explores the use of the optimization procedures in SAS/OR software with application to the contemporary logistics distribution network design using an integrated multiple criteria decision making approach. Unlike the traditional optimization techniques, the proposed approach, combining analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and goal programming (GP), considers both quantitative and qualita...

The sugar-energy sector is extremely important to the Brazilian economy, with several other production chains derived from it, generating some of main products linked food and energy sources. This study proposes an integration model for sugarcane harvesting logistics processes, focusing on optimisation industrial plant capacity. Dynamic modelling has been applied a broad range productive phases...