Effective supply chain distribution network design needs to consider various performance dimensions and product characteristics. Recently, researchers have begun to realize that the decision and integration effort in supply chain design should be driven by a comprehensive set of performance metrics and also product characteristics. In this paper, we relate product characteristics to optimizing ...

Due to the importance of longest path analysis in networks of queues, we develop an analytical method for computing the steady-state distribution function of longest path in acyclic networks of queues. We assume the network consists of a number of queuing systems and each one has either one or infinite servers. The distribution function of service time is assumed to be exponential or Erlang. Fu...