An optimization approach for scheduling wine grape harvest operations with multi objectives

Abstract

The majority of new businesses seek to satisfy customer demand for product quality while operating with minimal and reasonable expenses. Especially when a startup company has limited capital to develop and focuses on a niche market (in this case, the wine industry), stricter quality standards are required than ever before. This study aims to achieve these two objectives. This paper proposes and solves a model for optimizing the harvesting schedule using linear programming in order to provide a complete picture of market success, some solutions from the perspective of business acumen will be proposed alongside engineering solutions.