A case study of production expansion planning in a soft-drink manufacturing company

TCE Cheng; CB Chiu

doi:10.1016/0305-0483(88)90026-6

A case study of production expansion planning in a soft-drink manufacturing company

TCE Cheng, CB Chiu

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This paper discusses the problem of production expansion planning in a soft-drink manufacturing company. We first formulate the problem as a large-scale transportation problem by making some realistic simplifications. We then program the transportation algorithm on a spreadsheet software to help solve the problem on a microcomputer. Through this case study we demonstrate how some standard OR technique can be combined with low-cost microcomputers to become an effective management tool to handle complex management decision problems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	521-532
Number of pages	12
Journal	Omega
Volume	16
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-0483(88)90026-6
Publication status	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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Strategy and Management
Management Science and Operations Research
Information Systems and Management

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