@conference{Disney2019,
  author       = {S.M. Disney and L. Purvis and X. Meng},
  title        = {Production optimization for short shelf-life products},
  booktitle    = {30th Production and Operations Management Society Annual Conference},
  year         = {2019},
  address      = {Washington, USA},
  month        = {2nd-6th May},
  abstract     = {We report on production planning improvements for a short shelf-life product. Using simulation, we optimized the production frequency of all 60 products in a factory. Together with improved forecasting and updated safety stocks this reduced the number of rush production orders by 98\%; obsolete stock was reduced by 90\%.}
  }