TY - JOUR
T1 - Facility locations in the fresh produce supply chain
T2 - An integration of optimization and empirical methods
AU - Ge, Houtian
AU - Goetz, Stephan J.
AU - Cleary, Rebecca
AU - Yi, Jing
AU - Gómez, Miguel I.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) under USDA NIFA grant no. 2019-67023-29344 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Facility locations are crucial determinants of supply chain efficiency for aggregating and distributing products. The multi-disciplinary nature of the facility location problem requires multiple complementary approaches, at different levels of aggregation, to accommodate the salient features of location determinants. This study examines the facility location problem for the U.S. fresh produce supply chain. We present a model that incorporates an empirical scenario into a facility location problem in order to capture much of the information required to make an optimal location decision. Our results suggest that the reliability of facility locations can be improved without significantly increasing the operating costs. This study sheds light on how the application of complementary modeling approaches improves the effectiveness of facility location solutions.
AB - Facility locations are crucial determinants of supply chain efficiency for aggregating and distributing products. The multi-disciplinary nature of the facility location problem requires multiple complementary approaches, at different levels of aggregation, to accommodate the salient features of location determinants. This study examines the facility location problem for the U.S. fresh produce supply chain. We present a model that incorporates an empirical scenario into a facility location problem in order to capture much of the information required to make an optimal location decision. Our results suggest that the reliability of facility locations can be improved without significantly increasing the operating costs. This study sheds light on how the application of complementary modeling approaches improves the effectiveness of facility location solutions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108534
DO - 10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108534
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85132748202
SN - 0925-5273
VL - 249
JO - International Journal of Production Economics
JF - International Journal of Production Economics
M1 - 108534
ER -