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Global competition emphasizes the benefits of a more coordinated produ
ction planning among the subsidiaries of a multinational company (MNC)
. In this paper, a model for the production assignment of the global d
emand to the MNC plants is proposed. The solution search, based on tot
al cost optimization, is pursued by genetic algorithms. A simple examp
le is provided to show the model implementation.