This research focuses on the integrated production-inventory-routing planning (PIRP)
problem, which persuades necessary decisions to study the supply chains (SCs). Previous …

Hubs facilitate aggregation of connection, and switching points of material and people flow
to reduce costs as well as environmental pollution. Hub Location Problem (HLP) is a …

Multi-echelon distribution mechanism is common in supply chain design and logistics systems
in which freight is delivered to the customers through intermediate depots (IDs), instead of …

In today's era, organizations recognize the challenges of meeting the evolving needs and
preferences of customers. Simply improving products and individual performance is insufficient …

Regarding contractors are one of the fundamental features of construction and industrial
projects, therefore the selection of contractors is one of the major decisions of managers and …

Balancing the production system’s resources like budget, equipment, and workers is one of
the most important concerns of production managers. Managers seek to find an optimal way …

Nowadays, not only improving service levels is not sufficient for consumer satisfaction, but
also, the consumers themselves determine product or service quality. In other words, we can …

Quick response to the relief needs right after disasters through efficient emergency logistics
distribution is vital to the alleviation of disaster impact in the affected areas. In this paper, by …

This paper presents a common set of weights (CSWs) method for multi-stage or network
structured decision-making units (DMUs). The decision-making approaches proposed here …

Vendor-managed inventory (VMI) is a popular inventory management system that allows a
vendor to access sales data and manage inventory levels for his retailers. The formulation of …