An Excel-Based Decision Support System for Supply Chain Design and Management of Biofuels

Author:

Acharya Ambarish M.1,Gonzales Daniela S.2,Eksioglu Sandra D.2,Arora Sumesh3

Affiliation:

1. Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA

2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA

3. Mississippi Technology Alliances, Ridgeland, MS, USA

Abstract

This article presents a Decision Support System (DSS) to aid managers with supply chain (SC) design and logistics management of biomass-for-biofuel production. These tools play a very important role in efficiently managing biomass-for-biofuel SCs and have the potential to reduce the cost of biofuels. The proposed model coordinates the long-term decisions of designing a SC with the medium term decisions of logistics management. This system has the ability to (a) identify locations and capacities for biorefineries, given the availability of biomass and costs; (b) estimate the minimum cost of delivering biofuels, which include transportation, investment, and processing costs; and (c) perform sensitivity analyses with respect to a number of parameters. Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is used to create the interface of the DSS, and Excel's CPLEX Add-In is used to solve the mathematical models.

Publisher

IGI Global

Subject

Information Systems and Management,Computational Theory and Mathematics,Computer Networks and Communications,Computer Science Applications,Information Systems,Management Information Systems

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