TY  - JOUR
T1  - Heuristic for Material and Operations Planning in
Supply Chains with Alternative Product Structure
AU - Coronado-Hernandez, Jairo R. AU - Simancas-Mateus, Daniela AU - Avila-Martinez, Karolina AU - Garcia-Sabater, Jose P. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SP  - 628
EP  - 635
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.628.635
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.628.635
KW  - Supply chain planning
KW  -generic materials and operations planning
KW  -planning rule
KW  -heuristic system
KW  -alternative product structure
AB  - This research presents a heuristic system to solve the problem of materials and operations planning
in supply chains with alternative product structures. The objective is minimizing the costs associated to stock
levels, setup and operations, considering products with alternative bill of materials. The heuristic system can
be used as a framework to embed one-level rules into a multi-level problem with alternative bill of materials. With
this in mind, this framework can be used to apply planning rules as simple as Wager-Whitin, Silver-Meal, FOQ
and L×L, among others.
ER  -