Research project: One-dimensional multiperiod cutting stock for the electrical cable industry

On April 2020 a research project called Optimització de Reserves de Cables en Bobines has been settled with the company Top Cable,  a international leader in cable technology. The purpose of the project is to to engage a study to asses the  suitability of mathematical optimization techniques to improve the procedure they currently apply to the fulfillment of the custormer's orders. In this first part of the project a multiperiod extension of the one-dimensional cutting stock problem is going to be formulated to solve a instance of the company's demand supply problem.