In modern supply chains, customers expect a high level of service, which results in short delivery times and improved service offerings through retailers. The resulting pressure on supply chains requires a precisely coordinated scheduling of successive processes. Even though a multitude of...

Supermarkets typically order their goods from a centrally located distribution center (warehouse). Each order that the warehouse receives is characterized by the requested items, the location of the respective supermarket and a due date by which the items have to be delivered. For processing an...