Optimization of a Sustainable Supply Chain Planning System for Cultivated Banana Production with a Mixed-integer Linear Programming Approach

Authors

  • Pinchat Chantaros
  • Rinracha Klaychey
  • Chaimongkol Limpianchob Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Nakhon Pathom 73140

Keywords:

cultivated banana, production planning, supply chain management, mixed-integer linear programming

Abstract

Cultivated bananas are one of the most common types of bananas found in all regions of Thailand. They are widely consumed because cultivated bananas contain helpful nutrients that energize the body. Moreover, they can be processed into a variety of other products. But from the study of the cultivation of bananas at present, it is found that the farmers still face the problems of lack of effective production planning. The problems are found in cultivating, harvesting, and delivering to customers. This causes the farmers to produce poor quality banana yield, sell at a low price, and lose their income. To solve this problem, therefore, a mixed-integer linear programming model was developed for planning all activities in the supply chain, including soil quality improvement planning, banana shoot ordering, and setting the interval time of fertilization and harvesting. In order to meet consistency and maximum total profit surplus.  The results showed that the proposed mixed-integer linear programming model could be used as a decision support tool with a 10.52% increase in profit compared to manual planning.

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Published

2023-06-19

How to Cite

[1]
P. . Chantaros, R. . Klaychey, and C. Limpianchob, “Optimization of a Sustainable Supply Chain Planning System for Cultivated Banana Production with a Mixed-integer Linear Programming Approach”, TJOR, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 21–31, Jun. 2023.