Optimizing Resource Utilization in Biomass Supply Chains by Creating Integrated Biomass Logistics Centers

Xuezhen Guo, Juliën Voogt, Bert Annevelink, Joost Snels and Argyris Kanellopoulos
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Xuezhen Guo: Wageningen Food & Bio-Based Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands
Juliën Voogt: Wageningen Food & Bio-Based Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands
Bert Annevelink: Wageningen Food & Bio-Based Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands
Joost Snels: Wageningen Food & Bio-Based Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG Wageningen, The Netherlands
Argyris Kanellopoulos: Operations Research and Logistics, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-16

Abstract: Bio-based supply chains are by nature complex to optimize. The new logistic concept of integrated biomass logistical center (IBLC) provides us the opportunity to make full use of the idle capacity for a food/feed plant to produce biobased products so that the entire chain efficiency can be improved. Although research has been conducted to analyze the IBLC concept, is yet to be an optimization model that can optimally arrange the activities in the supply chain where an IBLC stands in the middle. To fill the knowledge gap in the literature, this paper makes the first step to develop a MILP model that enables biobased supply chain optimization with the IBLC concept, which supports logistic and processing decisions in the chain. The model is applied in a case study for a feed and fodder plant in Spain where managerial insights have been derived for transferring the plant to a profitable IBLC.

Keywords: bio-based supply chains; integrated biomass logistical center; mixed integer programming model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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