&1 André Tischer Dipl Project Assistant, bauserve GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany; Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Technology Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany &2 Emilia den Boer Mgr Inz, MSc, Dr Inz Assistant Professor, Wroclaw University of Technology, Institute of Environment Protection Engineering, Wroclaw, Poland &3 Ian Williams PhD, PGCE, CChem, MRSC, MCIWM, FHEA Professor, Centre for...

Reverse logistics, as defined by the European Working Group on Reverse Logistics, is the process of planning, implementing and controlling backward flows of raw materials, in process inventory, packaging and finished goods, from a manufacturing, distribution or use point, to a point of recovery or point of proper disposal. In the broadest sense, this process involves collection, inspection, rec...

This paper studies a strategic supply chain management problem to design robust networks that perform well under both normal conditions and when disruptions strike. We present a mixed-integer programming model whose objective is to minimize the nominal cost (the cost when no disruptions occur) while reducing the disruption risk using the p-robustness criterion (which bounds the cost in disrupti...

In this paper we introduce a new formulation of the logistics network design problem encountered in deterministic, single-country, single-period contexts. Our formulation is flexible and integrates location and capacity choices for plants and warehouses with supplier and transportation mode selection, product range assignment and product flows. We next describe two approaches for solving the pr...

In this paper, we address a two-echelon humanitarian logistics network design problem involving multiple central warehouses (CWs) and local distribution centers (LDCs) and develop a novel two-stage scenariobased possibilistic-stochastic programming (SBPSP) approach. The research is motivated by the urgent need for designing a relief network in Tehran in preparation for potential earthquakes to ...

Recently, urbanization has been expanded rapidly in the world and a number of metropolitan areas have been appeared with a population of more than 10 million people. Because of dense population in metropolitan and consequently increasing the delivery of goods and services, there has been a lot of problems including traffic congestion, air pollution, accidents and high energy consumption. This m...

This article describes an intelligent system called LogNet that provides advice on how to design business logistics networks. It implements its capabilities by utilizing model-based reasoning techniques. In addition, it utilizes heuristic-based searching to guide an end-user toward more effective network designs. The network design problem studied in this article addresses the warehouse facilit...

in this paper, firstly by using a mixed linear programming a new model of locating facilities with limited capacity is presented to design a closed-loop supply chain in a multi-product and multi-period mode. then, using a robust optimization approach, the proposed model decreases in non-deterministic expansion. the results show that the proposed model can handle facility capacity in a closed lo...