The IOE 899 Seminar Series is open to all. U-M Industrial and Operations Engineering graduate students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend.

The seminar will be followed by a reception in the IOE Commons (Room 1709) from 4:00 pm-5:00 pm.

Presenters:
Ali Taghavi, Network Optimization team manager
Jeremy Castaing, Transportation Optimization team manager

Abstract:
In this presentation, we discuss two ongoing research projects from the Applied Research team at LLamasoft. First, we look at how to integrate safety stock costs into a Network Optimization problem, and we show why previous approaches are either sub-optimal or become practically unsolvable. Second, we present a constraint-based Vehicle Routing algorithm that uses an evaluation sub-routine flexible enough to consider real-world constraints such as driver breaks, recharging of electric vehicles and dock doors. We then discuss the pros and cons of this approach compared to more traditional, MIP-based, methods.