Title :
Carton Box Optimization Problem of VMI-based Apparel Supply Chain
Author :
Wong, W.K. ; Leung, S.Y.S.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Textiles & Clothing, Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon
Abstract :
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) strategy has been adopted by apparel supply chain recently. In the apparel industry, finished products are usually manufactured, packed and shipped in bulk to retailers and packing is carried out using carton boxes with various standardized dimensions. VMI-based supply chain cannot allow ordering boxes from carton suppliers after receiving an order of apparel retailers. Each order is different in style with small quantities. The time needed for make-to-order boxes would deteriorate the responsiveness of supply chain which in turn influences the ultimate customer service level. In this paper, this carton box design problem is investigated, in which carton boxes are designed for packing products of various sizes using genetic algorithms so that the overall packing and distribution costs are minimized
Keywords :
boxes; cartons; clothing industry; customer services; design engineering; genetic algorithms; inventory management; retailing; supply chains; VMI strategy; apparel industry; apparel supply chain; carton box design problem; carton box optimization; customer service; distribution cost; finished products; genetic algorithms; packing; retailers; vendor managed inventory; Algorithm design and analysis; Customer service; Delay; Genetic algorithms; Inventory management; Manufacturing industries; Product design; Shipbuilding industry; Supply chain management; Supply chains;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Innovation and Technology, 2006 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore, China
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0147-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0148-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICMIT.2006.262354
