Abstract
Production and supply of construction materials plays a significant role in the delivery of constructed facilities, especially for concrete and asphalt batch plants. The construction material (e.g., concrete) supply chain presents unique challenges, but is a key factor in successfully delivering facilities. This paper presents the development and application of a simulation-based aggregate planning approach that facilitates modeling and coordination of a batch plant’s supply chain. The tool is applied to a real case of asphalt production operations, where fluctuating demand affects the service level of the production plant and makes the planning of production and inventory processes a challenging task. The model quantifies the effects of different parameters of the asphalt production plant on its level of service and assists in finding the best configurations for the plant’s production, inventory, and distribution processes.
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