Ciric and Gruhn (2002) proposed a model for inventory management that minimizes the residence time in the tanks, while satisfying product specifications and delivery due dates. Two problems were studied with structures of tanks in parallel and in a series, in which the openings of the valves for each tank were accounted for and minimized. This model is similar to the one published by Relvas et al. (2010), however those authors only consider a single product to be distributed by the tanks and no need for a settling period. Méndez et al. (2006) provided a review of the state-of-the-art in the area of short-term scheduling of batch processes. The modelling of representative optimization approaches for the different problem types were introduced in detail, focusing on both discrete and continuous time models. Two examples from the literature were used to compare the efficiency of both time scales. As it will be described later on this paper, the time scale is of utmost importance for the problem in study, not only because of performance but also for modelling flexibility. This paper addresses the management of a tank farm at the end of a multi-product pipeline, as presented in Figure 1, which is rather complex to model and optimize. Different tasks have to be considered simultaneously which complicates the trade-off between system detailed representation and model solution complexity.