Title
Coordinating Supplier Selection And Project Scheduling In Resource-Constrained Construction Supply Chains
Abstract
In this paper, we study the problem of coordinating supplier selection and project scheduling, motivated by a real-life operational challenge encountered in the construction industry. In particular, we consider a project network consisting of multiple concurrent projects, with the objective of minimising the total tardiness of all projects. These projects are independent in operation but are subject to shared suppliers and the final quality inspection by the same committee, which then leads to the need for project review sequencing. The earliest starting time of each activity in a project depends on the availability of required resources (both renewable and non-renewable), as well as the activity precedence constraints. We formulate this problem as a mixed integer linear programming model, and propose a mathematical programming-based heuristic to solve the model. The heuristic decomposes the model into subproblems, and solves the subproblems through an iterative process. Each subproblem has a much smaller size and can be solved quickly and independently. The information obtained in solving subproblems is used to guide the search process. Numerical examples show the computational effectiveness of the proposed heuristic, and the benefits of coordination.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1080/00207543.2018.1436782
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
Keywords
DocType
Volume
construction supply chain, supply chain coordination, heuristic, optimisation, project scheduling, supplier selection
Journal
56
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
19
0020-7543
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
24
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Weiwei Chen112512.21
Lei Lei2705.02
Zhengwei Wang330.40
Mingfei Teng4273.52
junming liu5202.17