“…There are numerous applications of OR to different supply chain management processes such as the supply chain design, operation planning (Grillo et al, 2016a;Mundi et al, 2016;Hegeman et al, 2014;Mundi et al, 2013;Alemany et al, 2011;Alemany et al, 2010) and order management (Grillo et al, 2016b;Alemany et al, 2015;Boza et al, 2014;Alemany et al, 2013). Lowe and Preckel (2004) claim that effective practices for other supply chains cannot be directly extrapolated to AFSC due to its own characteristics.…”