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creators_name: Abdul Razik, A.H.
creators_name: Khor, C.S.
creators_name: Elkamel, A.
title: A model-based approach for biomass-to-bioproducts supply Chain network planning optimization
ispublished: pub
keywords: Bioconversion; Biomass; Decision making; Models; Planning; Profitability; Supply chains, Bioproducts; Economic decision-making; Manufacturing companies; Network optimization; Operational optimization; Supply chain operation; Technological progress; Value chains, Costs
note: cited By 19
abstract: Supply chain network operation for biomass conversion and utilization is one of the major areas with influence on biomass-related technological progress and commercialization activities. This paper contributes towards optimizing a biomass-to-bioproducts supply chain planning operation by considering multiple cost factors including biomass resource acquisition cost, production cost, and transportation cost as well as direct sales to meet market demands. A superstructure-based modeling approach provides alternatives of biomass processing routes towards an objective of maximizing annualized profit. The formulated model entails five echelons and is implemented on a practical supply chain operational planning case study that involves a biomass-based manufacturing company in southwestern Ontario, Canada intent on long-term business expansion and product portfolio improvement. The results obtained indicates that an optimal product mix comprising a number of products from different processing stages (including preprocessing) can be expected to be achieved, with profit mainly derived through the sales of biofiller, bioethanol, and byproducts. Importantly, the developed model demonstrates the applicability of such a model-based approach in offering insights on operational optimization to attain economic decision-making on biomass resource utilization and processing route selection. © 2019 Institution of Chemical Engineers
date: 2019
publisher: Institution of Chemical Engineers
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073986714&doi=10.1016%2fj.fbp.2019.10.001&partnerID=40&md5=43f586af28e57e4915a827b888ba8912
id_number: 10.1016/j.fbp.2019.10.001
full_text_status: none
publication: Food and Bioproducts Processing
volume: 118
pagerange: 293-305
refereed: TRUE
issn: 09603085
citation:   Abdul Razik, A.H. and Khor, C.S. and Elkamel, A.  (2019) A model-based approach for biomass-to-bioproducts supply Chain network planning optimization.  Food and Bioproducts Processing, 118.  pp. 293-305.  ISSN 09603085