alireza alinezhad; Abolfazl kazemi; Marzieh Karimi
Abstract
Location, routing and allocation decisions in supply chain management philosophy is undoubtedly one of the most important issues have very effect on the supply chain cost reduction and customer satisfaction. This paper presents an integrated approach to the distribution network. The objective functions ...
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Location, routing and allocation decisions in supply chain management philosophy is undoubtedly one of the most important issues have very effect on the supply chain cost reduction and customer satisfaction. This paper presents an integrated approach to the distribution network. The objective functions of the proposed mathematical model consist of minimizing the total costs associated with transportation and warehouse rental costs and also minimize the risk of the system. The model has high computational complexity and the exact method of solving it is not possible in a reasonable time. To solve the proposed model a multi-objective meta-heuristic algorithm which, known as the objective harmony search algorithm is presented. To demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithm in solving the model, algorithm parameters are adjusted in the best possible rates using the Taguchi method. Then a random sample of the issues generated and the performance of the proposed algorithm comparing with NSGA-ǁ and NRGA are evaluated
Marzieh Karimi; Abolfazl Kazemi
Abstract
Supplier selection is the process by which firms identify, evaluate, and contract with suppliers. The supplier selection process deploys a tremendous amount of a firm's financial resources. Nowadays, supplying the required resource of organizations has become an important business approach so a competitive ...
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Supplier selection is the process by which firms identify, evaluate, and contract with suppliers. The supplier selection process deploys a tremendous amount of a firm's financial resources. Nowadays, supplying the required resource of organizations has become an important business approach so a competitive advantage may be gained by the selection of the best suppliers to provide products/services more effectively and efficiently. Many models have been developed for solving supplier selection problem. In this paper, in addition to considering the incremental discount strategies, cost of shortages is also considered so far has not been considered. In this model, two objective functions of cost minimization of the buyer, and maximize quality of product is considered. To solve the proposed supplier selection model, an improved harmony search algorithm is used. The results show that the proposed algorithm works properly in the term of both CPU time and the quality of solutions. Finally, some numerical examples for model analyses are presented.
