This article reports on a marketing initiative at a pharmaceutical company to redesign its distribution network. Distribution affects a firm's cost and customer satisfaction and drives profitability. Using a nonlinear mixed-integer programming model, the authors develop a distribution network...

This study addresses production planning in a multi-product, multi-machine environment. The products manufactured are high precision metal tubes. The production process consists of three major operations: pilgering, pickling/cleaning, and annealing. These three operations are repeated four to...