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The poultry production process in cold storage plants is different from conventional production p... more The poultry production process in cold storage plants is different from
conventional production process in that one, main raw material is “decomposed”
throughout the plant to generate several different finished products.
Furthermore, these products have commodity characteristics in very competitive
markets. Because of this, the daily determination of the product mix to be
produced should be considered a strategic activity of the company. This
dissertation develops a model to optimize the production process of a poultry
cold storage plant through the maximization of product’s profit contribute, and
use mathematical programming to solve the model. An expected by-product of
the optimization of the production process was a reduction in finished goods
inventory. The model was tested and validated through a case study and
numerical example using a company in the poultry sector. Results and
conclusions are presented and opportunities for further research are suggested.
The poultry production process in cold storage plants is different from conventional production p... more The poultry production process in cold storage plants is different from
conventional production process in that one, main raw material is “decomposed”
throughout the plant to generate several different finished products.
Furthermore, these products have commodity characteristics in very competitive
markets. Because of this, the daily determination of the product mix to be
produced should be considered a strategic activity of the company. This
dissertation develops a model to optimize the production process of a poultry
cold storage plant through the maximization of product’s profit contribute, and
use mathematical programming to solve the model. An expected by-product of
the optimization of the production process was a reduction in finished goods
inventory. The model was tested and validated through a case study and
numerical example using a company in the poultry sector. Results and
conclusions are presented and opportunities for further research are suggested.