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...

pharmacy as the last unit in the pharmaceutical supply chain is responsible for supplying and dispensing medicines to the patients and giving required advices to them, based on their needs and physician’s prescriptions according to standard protocols of the country. beside this responsibility, which is primarily on drugstores, this unit is regarded as a small business unit and should have econo...

Nowadays, the design of a strategic supply chain network under the incidence of disruption is regarded as one of the important priorities of governments. Supplying sustainable petrochemical products is considered as a strategic goal by managers who require reliable infrastructure design. Crisis conditions such as natural disasters and sanctions have a destructive effect on the raw materials and...

Nowadays, the healthcare sector is rapidly changing. Hospitals are facing limited budgets and high costs. The logistics activities of hospitals in France (stock management, delivery, etc.) represent one highest cost components. costs can be reduced through an optimized inventory management system. optimization strongly dependent on accuracy demand prediction medicines. Many factors influence th...

With the country’s policy support and rapid development of Internet technology, domestic consumption level has been escalating structure changed. The traditional retail industry cannot integrate all relevant data due to security privacy protection concerns so that it is unable adjust sales strategies in an accurate timely manner. New sounded clarion call for revolution. supply chain demand fore...

Supply chain partnership involves mutual commitments among participating firms. One example is early order commitment, wherein a retailer commits to purchase a fixed-order quantity and delivery time from a supplier before the real need takes place. This paper explores the value of practicing early order commitment in the supply chain. We investigate the complex interactions between early order ...