Purpose: This research aims to implement Lean Manufacturing (LM) techniques and tools (T&T) in a retail distribution center located in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay, targeting waste reduction and efficiency improvements in fresh and frozen product (FFP) handling to reduce long lead times....

Meta heuristic hybrid search optimization methods combine advantages of several methods in hybrid one. randomly generated solutions are archived, assessing diversity and convergence. However, after several cycles, random generated numbers tend to cluster rather than fill the search space....