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 with the expectation...

in today’s competitive word, it is so important to offer a new way in the cycle of production and supply by which the maximum efficiency will be achieved. the problem of applying cross-docking operations in logistics and supply chain network design, as a new and applicable approach, has attracted much attention in both academic and industrial areas. the matter making this strategy be highly wel...

in this study, a new stochastic model is proposed to deal with a multi-product, multi-period, multi-stage, multi-site production and transportation supply chain planning problem under demand uncertainty. a two-stage stochastic linear programming approach is used to maximize the expected profit. decisions such as the production amount, the inventory level of finished and semi-finished product, t...

The multi-level supply chain consists on different levels of interveners containing warehouses, distribution centers, retailers, etc. In fact, it is reciprocal relationship between storage costs and transportation costs. The problem is how to optimize the combined costs of the storage and the transportation of the products across all the nodes of the supply chain. Model predictive control (MPC)...

This document gives a short introduction into Spatial Equilibrium modeling with GAMS. 1. Intertemporal-Spatial Price Equilibrium Solving spatial equilibrium models by mathematical programming is pioneered by [9],[12], [11], and [13]. One of the most basic forms is the transportation problem, also known as the “Koopmans-Hitchcock” model. An example is found in the GAMS model library in trnsport....

We consider a supply chain in which a producer supplies a fresh product, through a third-party logistics (3PL) provider, to a distant market where a distributor purchases and sells it to end customers. The product is perishable, both the quantity and quality of which may deteriorate during the process of transportation. The market demand is random, sensitive to the selling price as well as the ...

Project Objectives The main purpose of this project is to analyze the impact of intermodal facilities in the design of supply chains for biofuel production facilities. This objective will be attained by pursuing two specific aims: (a) Build mathematical models that will be used to design the in-bound and out-bound supply chain of a biorefinery. This model will take as an input (i) location of e...

The oil and gas industry is involved in a global supply-chain that includes domestic and international transportation, ordering and inventory visibility and control, materials handling, import/export facilitation and information technology. Thus, the industry offers a classic model for implementing supply-chain management techniques. In a supply-chain, a company is linked to its upstream suppli...