Study on a Distribution Network Design under Supply Chain

Author

LI, Jizi ; Guo, Jun ; Sun, Linfu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Wuhan Univ. of Sci. & Eng., Wuhan, China

fYear

2009

fDate

June 30 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

996

Lastpage

999

Abstract

This paper addresses the distribution network design problem under a supply chain system that involves selecting the optimum numbers, locations and capacities of plants and warehouses to open so that all customer demand is satisfied at minimum total costs of the distribution network. We develop a mixed integer programming allowing for multiple levels of capacities available to the warehouses and plants. The paper also provide an efficient heuristic solution procedure for this supply chain system problem, and presents a computational study to investigate the value of coordinating production and distribution planning.

Keywords

integer programming; production planning; supply chain management; warehousing; distribution network design; distribution planning; heuristic solution procedure; mixed integer programming; plants; production planning; supply chain system; warehouses; Conference management; Cost function; Design engineering; Distributed computing; Engineering management; Linear programming; Production planning; Production systems; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Distribution network design; Facilities; Heuristics; Supply chain system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

New Trends in Information and Service Science, 2009. NISS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3687-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NISS.2009.254

Filename

5260710