In this study we focus on the integration of inventory control and vehicle routing schedules for a distribution system in which the warehouse is responsible for the replenishment ...
We consider a supply chain design problem where the decision maker needs to decide the number and locations of the distribution centers (DCs). Customers face random demand, and ea...
A simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation (SPSA) method has been developed in this paper, using the operators of perturbation with the Lipschitz density function. This ...
The paper proposes a preventive maintenance (PM) planning model for the performance improvement of cellular manufacturing systems (CMS) in terms of machine reliability, and resour...
By using panel data spanning a period of 18 years and by estimating a general cost function in a cost minimization Z .setting, we conducted an analysis of information technology I...