IBM uses operations research techniques to plan its enterprise semiconductor supply chain. The scale and complexity of this planning problem make developing robust supply chain optimization tools a ...

Truck scheduling and cross-docking optimisation form a critical interface within modern supply chain management, orchestrating the precise timing and sequencing of trucks at cross-dock facilities.

Time-Cost Trade-Off optimisation in project scheduling is a pivotal aspect of contemporary project management and operations research. It involves the formulation and application of both classical and ...

Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. The story goes that he had a load full of cotton bales, and, while idling away for hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load ...