Abstract—In the real world, one of the major factor that contributes to the complexity of supply chains is the structure of supply chain. Compared with a supply chain with two members, operations planning in a manufacturing network where members are independent entities require a special attention to the details. This paper will focus on the specific case of manufacturing network planning. Our objective is to propose a new planning methodology between independent production companies to achieve an agreed plan.

Index Terms—supply chain, manufacturing network, independent company, planning strategy, operations planning, negotiation.

Cite: Atour Taghipour, "Production Network Planning Based on Constraint Relaxation and Discount Approach," Lecture Notes on Information Theory, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 279-282, September 2014. doi: 10.12720/lnit.2.3.279-282