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BASF Uses a Framework for Developing Web-Based Production-Planning-Optimization Tools

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  • Young M. Lee

    (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, PO Box 218, Route 134, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598)

  • E. Jack Chen

    (BASF Corporation, 3000 Continental Drive North, Mount Olive, New Jersey 07828)

Abstract

We developed a computational framework for delivering practical production-planning-optimization tools on BASF Intranet. The framework enables users with Web browsers to access complex optimization tools to interactively compute optimal production plans on any computer platform. We formulated a MILP (mixed-integer linear programming) production-planning-optimization model for one of BASF's chemical manufacturing plants and built a generic infrastructure for integrating optimization engines and the Internet using server-side Java programming. This framework has changed the way BASF implements and deploys mathematical modeling tools.

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  • Young M. Lee & E. Jack Chen, 2002. "BASF Uses a Framework for Developing Web-Based Production-Planning-Optimization Tools," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 32(6), pages 15-24, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:32:y:2002:i:6:p:15-24
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.32.6.15.6478
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