the aim of this paper is to study a multi-product, multi-period production systems in a hybrid flow shop so that lot-sizing and scheduling will be detemined simultaneously. a new mixed-integer programming model is proposed to formulate the studied problem. the objective function in this investigation includes the total cost of production, inventory and external supply. in the case of not satisf...

This paper emphasizes on the enhancement of web-based selling technology for complex products. The approach of the EC-funded CAWICOMS1 project is twofold: provision of technologies both for customeradaptive Web-interfaces for the configuration of mass-customized products as well as for the integration of configuration systems along the supply-chain. Within this paper we first motivate the deman...

With the development of mobile network and communication technology, traditional supply chain management is gradually updating to mobile supply chain management, and multi-agent technology has been considered as a very efficient method for supply chain management in mobile environment. After considering the characteristics and limitations of mobile supply chain, and according to the requirement...

In today’s competitive business environment, the design and management of supply chainnetwork is one of the most important challenges that managers encounter. The supply chain network shouldbe designed for satisfying of customer demands as well as minizing the total system costs. This paper presentsa multi-period multi-stage supply chain network design problem under demand uncertainty. The prob...

This paper concerns the domain of Supply Chain Network Infrastructure (SCNI) usually observed in the multimodal transportation systems such as Multimodal Passenger Transport Systems supported by lines of buses, trains, etc., and focuses on the scheduling problems encountered in these systems. SCNI can be modeled as a network of lines providing cyclic routes for particular kinds of stream-like m...

The importance of supply chains in pharmacological industry is remarkable so that nowadays many pharmacological supply chains have an effective and critical role for supplying and distributing drugs in health area. So, this study studies a three-echelon pharmacological supply chain contained multi-distributor of raw materials, a pharmaceutical factory, and multi-drug distributors companies such...

In this paper, we study scheduling of several projects in supply chain environment; activities of these projects are performed by some contractor companies. We present a new practical model for solving project scheduling problem in supply chain environment. A genetic algorithm and a simulated annealing algorithm are proposed for solving our model. The elements of genetic algorithm such as gener...