DocumentCode
2728374
Title
Notice of Retraction
Design and Optimization of multi echelon Green Distribution Network
Author
Ahmad, A. ; Ahmad, R. ; Agha, M.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Mech. & Manuf. Eng. (SMME), Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
fYear
2011
fDate
15-17 July 2011
Firstpage
220
Lastpage
223
Abstract
Notice of Retraction
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
According to World Bank report, in Pakistan about 360 Billion rupees are being wasted annually due to poor logistic operation. This paper is a small effort for increasing the awareness of making the Green Distribution Network a competitive advantage in Small and medium Enterprises in Pakistan. Building efficiency in supply chain is combination of art and science. So, in this paper, quantitative and qualitative factors have been catered for designing a Green Distribution Network. This research work studies the impact of different factors on designing of Green Distribution Network and then formulates the mathematical model for determining the transportation schedule and number of distribution channels in a Green Distribution Network. we formulated our model in MS Excel 2007 using Optimization tool box. Since this research work deals with a practical problem, we have taken case of a FMCG company operating in Pakistan. Lastly, I suggested some areas for focus of research in this specific area.
After careful and considered review of the content of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE´s Publication Principles.
We hereby retract the content of this paper. Reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper.
The presenting author of this paper has the option to appeal this decision by contacting TPII@ieee.org.
According to World Bank report, in Pakistan about 360 Billion rupees are being wasted annually due to poor logistic operation. This paper is a small effort for increasing the awareness of making the Green Distribution Network a competitive advantage in Small and medium Enterprises in Pakistan. Building efficiency in supply chain is combination of art and science. So, in this paper, quantitative and qualitative factors have been catered for designing a Green Distribution Network. This research work studies the impact of different factors on designing of Green Distribution Network and then formulates the mathematical model for determining the transportation schedule and number of distribution channels in a Green Distribution Network. we formulated our model in MS Excel 2007 using Optimization tool box. Since this research work deals with a practical problem, we have taken case of a FMCG company operating in Pakistan. Lastly, I suggested some areas for focus of research in this specific area.
Keywords
optimisation; scheduling; small-to-medium enterprises; supply chains; transportation; FMCG company; MS Excel 2007; Pakistan; distribution channels; logistic operation; multi echelon green distribution network; optimization tool box; small and medium enterprises; transportation schedule; world bank; Companies; Computational modeling; Mathematical model; Supply chains; Transportation; First Marketing warehouse; Green Distribution Network; MILP; Optimization; Supply Chain; cost minimization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Engineering and Service Science (ICSESS), 2011 IEEE 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9699-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSESS.2011.5982294
Filename
5982294
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