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| Author: | Oxe, G. |
| Title: | Reducing overcapacity in chemical plants by linear programming |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research
1997 : MAR 1, VOL. 97:2, p. 337-347 |
| Index terms: | CAPACITY CHEMICAL INDUSTRY LINEAR PROGRAMMING |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In 1993 the Operations Research group of CIBA Ltd. Basle was consulted by a company division to help in finding ways to reduce production costs of their corp protection products. A subsequent study of the production and transportation structure showed an opportunity to reduce the number of production lines dramatically and to reassign the products. Furthermore, since transportation proved to cause a significant part of the overall costs, optimal distribution paths had to be found in the same process. |
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