Journal article
Intermediate product selection and blending in the food processing industry
This study addresses a capacitated intermediate product selection and blending problem typical for two-stage production systems in the food processing industry. The problem involves the selection of a set of intermediates and end-product recipes characterising how those selected intermediates are blended into end products to minimise the total operational costs under production and storage capacity limitations.
A comprehensive mixed-integer linear model is developed for the problem. The model is applied on a data set collected from a real-life case. The trade-offs between capacity limitations and operational costs are analysed, and the effects of different types of cost parameters and capacity limitations on the selection of intermediates and end-product recipes are investigated.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2013 |
Pages: | 26-42 |
ISSN: | 1366588x and 00207543 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1080/00207543.2011.640955 |