The Goal Programming (GP) is an important analytical approach that has been successfully applied in relevant real-world decision making problems. This paper proposes a Mixed-Binary Goal Programming (MBGP) model to optimize production and distribution planning of a energy cogeneration sugar and ethanol milling company. Therefore, the MBGP model integrates the production process of sugar, alcohol, molasses, and energy cogeneration, and it enables decision-making in the agricultural, industrial, and distribution phases on a weekly-basis planning horizon including the harvest season and the periods between harvests. The model was applied in a Brazilian sugar and ethanol milling company, and it contributed to the formulation of production and distribution optimum policies yielding good financial and operational results in addition to raising energy export in conformity with the reality of the plant.
Goal programming; Mixed binary goal programming; Aggregate production and distribution planning; energy cogeneration; Sugar and ethanol milling plants
