In this paper, an inventory management framework and deterministic costs models within the context of this framework are structured for effective supply chain under deterministic and fuzzy environment. In this regard, we propose a bi-echelon multi-product supply chain in which a central manufacturing firm (lower echelon) with warehouse space limitation is fed through different suppliers (upper ...

With the increase in pollutants, need to use electric vehicles (EVs) various urban logistics activities is an increasingly important issue. Currently, there are issues with efficiency of transport companies recognizing effects uncertain factors daily operations. Thus, this research proposes a novel fuzzy two-echelon vehicle routing problem involving heterogeneous fleet EVs and internal combusti...

Associated with any matrix, there are four fundamental subspaces: the column space, row space, (right) null space, and left null space. We describe a single computation that makes readily apparent bases for all four of these subspaces. Proofs of these results rely only on matrix algebra, not properties of dimension. A corollary is the equality of column rank and row rank. Bringing a matrix to r...

No: 011-0319 Abstract Title: Impact of Inventory Allocation Policies on Downstream Supply Variability in a Multi-echelon System Authors Information: SUMAN NIRANJAN School of Management, State University of New York Binghamton, Vestal, NY 13902 607-777-4120 [email protected] FRANK CIARALLO Biomedical, Industrial, and Human Factors Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435 937-...

Given the emergence of two-echelon distribution systems in several practical contexts, this paper tackles, at strategic level, a network design problem under uncertainty. This is defined as stochastic multi-period capacitated location-routing (2E-SM-CLRP). It considers partitioned into two echelons: each echelon involves specific location-assignment-transportation schema that must cope with fut...

This paper deals with divergent logistic networks where the inventory at each node is controlled using a periodic review strategy with order-up-to level. An approximate method is presented to analyse the network performance (service levels, mean physical stock). The method is tested on a range of Z-echelon and 3-echelon networks by comparison to results from Monte Carlo simulation. We conclude ...