Dynamic location of modular mobile facilities in a hybrid network of hyperconnected and dedicated localisations: application in the chemical industry
by Charifa Fergani; Adiba El Bouzekri El Idrissi; Suzanne Marcotte; Abdelowahed Hajjaji
International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics (IJSTL), Vol. 15, No. 3/4, 2022

Abstract: In this paper, we propose the use of a hybrid network of facilities. This hybrid network is composed of dedicated production sites belonging to the company, and of shared and openly exploited sites enabled by the Physical Internet. These enable companies to dynamically increase their capacity and improve supply chain flexibility. This work presents a general mixed integer linear programming formulation for tactical planning of the optimal use of the hybrid network of production locations over a multi-period horizon. The established model also formalises three specific problems: dynamic facility location problem, dynamic modular mobile facility location problem, and dynamic hyperconnected facility location problem. An application in the chemical industry leads our computer study to identify the economic value of the proposed hybrid network comparing to the other predefined problems. The results show the gain of using the proposed system. Computer experiments also show the increased complexity of solving the established model, especially for large-scale problems.

Online publication date: Mon, 14-Nov-2022

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