In the reverse supply chain the basic concern is to categorize the returned materials in the usable or non-usable ones for performing the required operations to resend them in the supply chain. Companies can obtain more confidence from their consumers to carry out continuous revers logistics removing the defective products. To begin the reverse multi-layer ...

Recently two single-vendor multi-buyer integrated inventory models were developed by incorporating some realistic factors. The production flow was synchronized by transferring the lot with equal-and/or -unequal sized batches (sub-lots), where the equal-sized batches were kept to be equal to the largest unequal-sized batch. A common minimal total cost solution technique to the models was derived, ...

In this paper, the authors apply Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) to solve a closed-loop supply chain network design problem with multi-objective sustainable concerns. First of all, a multi-objective mixed integer programming model capturing the tradeoffs between the total cost and the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission is developed to tackle the multi-stage closed-loop supply chain design ...

Under globalization, many firms increasingly opt to blur their organizational boundaries to enhance the quality of both raw materials and final products. Manufacturers typically purchase components or parts from suppliers to manufacture products for customers. First-tier suppliers then purchase components from second-tier suppliers in a multi-layered sourcing supply chain. The quality of components or parts ...

Consideration of environmental and economic aspects in supply chain design is required to reduce negative impacts on the environment caused by the increasing levels of industrialization. In this paper, a new green supply chain design approach has been proposed to deal with the trade-offs between environmental and financial issues. The new approach incorporates a closed ...

With the growing influence of global warming and environmental impacts, sustainability is essential and vital for the supply chains, so as its members. Customers or clients tend to put more emphasis on friendly environment. Striking a balance in green and running the supply chain well requires great deals of efforts. Motivation is always a key. ...

Supply chain management creates value for companies, customers and stakeholders interacting throughout a supply chain. The strategic dimension of supply chains makes it paramount that their performances are measured. In today’s performance evaluation processes, companies tend to refer to several models that will differ in terms of corporate organization, the distribution of responsibilities and supply ...

In today’s competitive market, time and cost are two essential factors that manufacturers should take into consideration in their supply chain management. Therefore, the selection of appropriate length of each time period is critical to ensure competitive delivery time. In this paper, a mathematical model for defective products supply chain that determines the most appropriate ...

Short for Radio Frequency IDentification, RFID is a dedicated short range communication technology. The term RFID is used to describe various technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects. RFID is a method of remotely storing and retrieving data using RFID tag. Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology has been attracting considerable attention ...