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A multi-objective supply chain model integrated with location of distribution centers and supplier selection decisions

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Today, in the competitive markets, supply chain works as an interrelating network of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers, to satisfy customer demands. Coordinating all parts of the supply chain is a multi-level process and needs important decisions that affect on the performance of each part and whole supply chain and some conflicting objectives should be considered. In this paper, the supplier selection problem is integrated with production decision and distributor location problems and a new mathematical model is proposed. Delivery time, total cost, and quality are the objective functions considered and weighting method is used to solve the multi-objective problem. A modified genetic algorithm is proposed to obtain Pareto optimal solution sets. Computational experiments are included for validation of proposed algorithm. The results show that the proposed algorithm gives high-quality solutions as well as better computational times.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Naimi Sadigh, Hamed Fallah & Nasim Nahavandi

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Naimi Sadigh, A., Fallah, H. & Nahavandi, N. A multi-objective supply chain model integrated with location of distribution centers and supplier selection decisions. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 69, 225–235 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-013-5013-y

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