Determination of Material Flows in a Multi-echelon Assembly Supply Chain

This study aims to minimize the total cost of a four-echelon supply chain including suppliers, an assembler, distributers, and retailers. The total cost consists of purchasing raw materials from the suppliers by the assembler, assembling the final product, materials transportation from the suppliers...

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Main Authors: Mehrnoosh Taherkhani, Mehdi Seifbarghy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Optimization in Industrial Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.qjie.ir/article_123_aace36fe0b8a06f107ee2bafecbac17f.pdf