RELOG: Supply Chain Analysis and Optimization

RELOG is an open-source package designed to optimize supply chains for forward, reverse and circular manufacturing. Using mixed-integer linear optimization, RELOG helps users determine strategic decisions such as:

• Where and when to build manufacturing and recycling plants
• The size of these plants, when to expand them, and by how much
• The sources for each plant's input materials and the destinations for their processed outputs
• Whether to process input materials immediately or store them for later use

RELOG has been successfully applied in research at various laboratories and universities, focusing on areas like critical material recovery from spent NiMH and Li-Ion batteries, biomass processing for hydrogen production, and the recycling of electronics, plastics and solar PV materials, among others. See references for more details.

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Documentation

See official documentation at: https://anl-ceeesa.github.io/RELOG/

Authors

• Alinson S. Xavier, Argonne National Laboratory axavier@anl.gov
• Nwike Iloeje, Argonne National Laboratory ciloeje@anl.gov
• Kavitha G. Menon, Argonne National Laboratory
• John Atkins, Argonne National Laboratory
• Kyle Sun, Argonne National Laboratory
• Audrey Gallier, Argonne National Laboratory

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RELOG: Reverse Logistics Optimization
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