The impact of financial challenges on the profit of a supply chain, have caused the researcher to model the supply chain network by considering the operational and financial dimensions. Also, the establishment of a closed loop supply chain (CLSC) network has a high effect on economic profit. So, the purpose of this study is to design a stochastic closed loop supply chain network by considering ...

Modeling and optimal solving of supply chain management problems lead to efficient decision making in strategic planning and supply chain operations, resulting in a competitive advantage. Today, with the planning of a sustainable supply chain, in addition to achieving economic goals, it is possible to meet social and environmental objectives and considerations. This research deal with sustainab...

High amounts of waste paper are disposed of every year in Iran posing the health hazard and environmental damages instead of being recovered. Collection, recovery and proper disposal of waste paper without damaging the environment need to design an efficient closed-loop supply chain network. The main objective of this paper is introducing a bi-objective, multi-echelon, multi-product and single-...

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...

Changing market environment, global competition, rapidly fluctuating customer demands and more complex global network of supply chains require new production conceptions (Pull, Lean) and technologies. Novel supply chain paradigms (1. Lean-, 2. Agile-, 3. Leagile Supply Chain) are forms in order to increase and maintain competitiveness of companies. New organization and cooperation forms are for...

Abstract Recent developments in food industries have attracted both academic and industrial practitioners. Shrimp as a well-known, rich, sought-after seafood, is generally obtained from either marine environments or aquaculture. Central prominence of Supply Chain (SSC) brought about by numerous factors such high demand, market price, diverse fisheries aquaculture locations. In this respect, pap...

In a global economy, an efficient supply chain as a main core competency empowers enterprises to provide products or services at the right time in the right quantity, at a low cost. This paper is to plan a single product, multi-echelon, multi-period closed loop supply chain for high-tech products (which have continuous price decrease). Ultimately, considering components rated to procurement, pr...