Christian A. Ullrich investigates the optimization potential of integrated supply chain scheduling approaches. Considering a company-internal supply chain, the author´s first research question is whether the results of integrating machine scheduling and vehicle routing are significantly better...

Supply Chain Scheduling deals with the coordination of machine and delivery scheduling of two or more supply chain stages. The aim is to improve supply chain performance measured in total logistics costs or the supply chain makespan, for example. However, the potential for improvement has never...