scholarly journals Designing a Fresh Food Supply Chain Network: An Application of Nonlinear Programming

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Chung Tsao
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Agricultural Produce ◽  
Fresh Food ◽  
Optimal Service ◽  
Inventory Allocation ◽  
Integrated Facility

In today’s business environment, many fresh food companies have complex supply networks to distribute their products. For example, agricultural products are distributed through a multiechelon supply chain which includes agricultural association, agricultural produce marketing corporations (APMCs), markets, and so forth. In this paper a fresh produce supply network model is designed to determine the optimal service area for APMCs, the replenishment cycle time of APMCs, and the freshness-keeping effort, while maximizing the total profit. The objective is to address the integrated facility location, inventory allocation, and freshness-keeping effort problems. This paper develops an algorithm to solve the nonlinear problem, provides numerical analysis to illustrate the proposed solution procedure, and discusses the effects of various system parameters on the decisions and total profits. A real case of an agricultural product supply chain in Taiwan is used to verify the model. Results of this study can serve as a reference for business managers and administrators.

scholarly journals A Green Integrated Inventory Model for a Three-Tier Supply Chain of an Agricultural Product

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
S. M. Shahidul Islam ◽  
Risat Hossain ◽  
Mst. Jamila Yasmin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Supply Chain Model

Green supply chain management coordinates environment issues into the supply chain business. It has been popular to both academicians and practitioners. Smooth supply of processed agricultural products is essential for human beings and pets. In some models, excess raw materials, byproducts and defected products are kept neglected in producing and marketing finished products. Here, we have presented a three-tier green supply chain model for an agricultural product where byproducts are used for some purposes. Solution procedure of the model is derived. We have demonstrated the model using two numerical example problems.

Modeling and Coordination of Dynamic Supply Networks

2011 ◽  
pp. 227-248
Author(s):  
Petr Fiala
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Simulation Approach ◽  
Supply Networks ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Supply Systems ◽  
Multiple Units

The chapter is devoted to modeling and analysis of supply systems. Supply chain management is more and more affected by network and dynamic business environment. In supply chain behavior there are inefficiencies. Coordination and cooperation can significantly improve the efficiency of supply networks. There are some approaches to model and analyze the supply dynamics. Important features of this environment are established in the proposed approach. The combination of network structure modeling and simulation of dynamic behavior of units in supply network can be a powerful instrument of performance analysis of supply networks. The problem of coordination in dynamic supply networks involves multiple units with multiple goals. Multicriteria analysis of supply network performance includes such criteria as quantity, quality, time, cost, and profit. Simulation approach is an appropriate tool for prediction of real supply situation.

Designing a sustainable supply chain network for producing high-value products from waste glass

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2199466
Author(s):  
Naeme Zarrinpoor
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Fuzzy Programming ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Waste Glass ◽  
Worker Safety ◽  
Programming Approach ◽  
Supply Chain Network ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Proposed Model

This paper aims to design a supply chain network for producing double glazed glass from the recycling of waste glass. All three pillars of sustainability are taken into consideration. The economic objective tries to maximize total profits. The environmental objective considers the energy consumption, the generated waste, the greenhouse gas emission, the water consumption, and the fuel consumption of vehicles. The social objective addresses created job opportunities, the worker safety, the regional development, the worker benefit, and training hours. To solve the model, a two-stage framework based on the group best-worst method and an interactive fuzzy programming approach is developed. The proposed model is validated through a real case study based on waste glass management in the city of Shiraz. It is revealed that when sustainable development goals are approached, a great degree of improvement will be attained in environmental and social aspects without a significant decrease in the economic sustainability. The results also demonstrate that the locations of glass recycling centres are different under economic, environmental, and social pillars, and the proposed model yields an optimal system configuration with a proper satisfaction degree of all objectives. Moreover, applying the proposed solution procedure enables system designers to obtain the most desirable trade-off between different aspects of sustainability.

scholarly journals Three-Echelon Inventory Model with Permissible Delay in Payments under Controllable Lead Time and Backorder Consideration

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Yang ◽  
Wei-Chung Tseng
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Lead Time ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Solution Procedure ◽  
Inventory Model ◽  
Permissible Delay In Payments ◽  
Inventory Policy ◽  
Controllable Lead Time ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Delay In Payments

This paper proposes a three-echelon inventory model with permissible delay in payments under controllable lead time and backorder consideration to find out the suitable inventory policy to enhance profit of the supply chain. In today’s highly competitive market, the supply chain management has become a critical issue in both practice and academic and supply chain members have to cooperate with each other to bring more benefits. In addition, the inventory policy is a key factor to influence the performance of the supply chain. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a three-echelon inventory model with permissible delay in payments under controllable lead time and backorder consideration. Furthermore, the purpose of this paper is to maximize the joint expect total profit on inventory model and attempt to discuss the inventory policy under different conditions. Finally, with a numerical example provided here to illustrate the solution procedure, we may discover that decision-makers can control lead time and payment time to enhance the performance of the supply chain.

A reliable decision support system for fresh food supply chain management

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1458-1485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Dellino ◽  
Teresa Laudadio ◽  
Renato Mari ◽  
Nicola Mastronardi ◽  
Carlo Meloni
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Fresh Food
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