Optimisation models for the procurement through reverse combinatorial auctions in the logistics and food industries

Chefi Triki, Jamila Akil and Huda Al-Asmakh

International Journal of Procurement Management, 2023, vol. 16, issue 4, 530-548

Abstract: Nowadays, procurement managers in the different industries rely on the Reverse Combinatorial Auctions (RCAs) as a trading mechanism that had shown to be very efficient in allocating resources in several applications. RCAs allow the bidders to optimally express their economies of scope, since they can formulate their bids as a bundle of items, rather than on single item. Each bundle should be then either accepted or rejected all together without splitting. Here, we review and discuss the underlying mathematical optimisation models that represent the basis of the decision support system and discuss the possible benefits of using such paradigms for the different actors involved in the auctioning process. In addition, the paper highlights the advantages of employing RCAs in two major application fields, namely the logistics and food industries, in which this advanced trading paradigm had remarkable success by allowing the bidders to exploit better the synergies among the auctioned items and concede the auctioneers to minimise their procurement costs.

Keywords: combinatorial auctions; bid generation; winner determination; logistics procurement; food industry; optimisation models. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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