Process industry supply chains: Advances and challenges

A large body of work exists in process industry supply chain optimisation. We describe the state of the art of research in infrastructure design, modelling and analysis and planning and scheduling, together with some industrial examples. We draw some conclusions about the degree to which different classes of problem have been solved, and discuss challenges for the future.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2005
• Where: CCE
• Authors: Nilay Shah
• Keywords: CCE 2005, CCE 2007, Infrastructure Design, Large Body, Supply Chain Optimisation