Optimal Operational Planning in the Fruit Industry Supply Chain

MASINI GUILLERMO L.; BLANCO ANÍBAL M.; PETRACCI NOEMÍ C.; BANDONI J. ALBERTO

Optimization in Food Engineering

Taylor & Francis Group

Año: 2009; p. 703 - 746

In the present contribution, an operational planning framework for a typical FISC is proposed, which explicitly considers the unique operational features of FISC systems, in particular the meaningful uncertainty in the quality and quantity of the raw material (fresh fruit from farms) and the possibility of supply chain disruption episodes. The proposed methodology implements a Model Predictive Control philosophy.