Open Tracing Container Repositioning Simulation Optimization: A Case Study of FMCG Supply Chain

Shenle Pan (1) , Eric Ballot (1)

1 CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3

The industry and retail chain use a huge number of low cost assets such as pallets, crates, plastic boxes… Until now the lack of affordable technology, in comparison with the cost of a single asset, stopped efforts to manage them in open loop supply chain (where the assets are not coming back to the sender after usage). As part of a project to implement an affordable and efficient communication technology and to publish the information from the logistics assets used in Fast Moving Consumer Goods’ supply chains, we demonstrate with a simulation optimization approach the benefit of knowing the position of the assets. The published events from the logistics support are used to optimize their repositioning. A specific simulation optimization model is presented and the results are commented.

Mots clés: Coupled simulation optimization model; Open tracing container; Repositioning problem; Internet of things

Domaines: Gestion et management

Shenle Pan, Eric Ballot. Open Tracing Container Repositioning Simulation Optimization: A Case Study of FMCG Supply Chain. Springer. Service Orientation in Holonic and Multi-agent Manufacturing, 594, pp.281-291, 2015, Studies in Computational Intelligence, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-15159-5_26⟩. ⟨hal-01491410⟩