Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/147180 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Industrial Engineering International [ISSN:] 2251-712X [Volume:] 9 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 1-10
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
In this research, a new two-echelon model has been presented to control the inventory of perishable goods. The performance of the model lies in a supply chain and is based on real conditions and data. The main purpose of the model is to minimize the maintenance cost of the entire chain. However, if the good is perished before reaching the customer (the expiration date is over), the cost would be added to other costs such as transportation, production, and maintenance costs in the target function. As real conditions are required, some limitations such as production time, storage capacity, inventory level, transportation methods, and sustainability time are considered in the model. Also, due to the complexity of the model, the solution approach is based on genetic algorithm under MATLAB to solve and confirm the accuracy of the model's performance. As can be noted, the manipulation of parametric figures can solve the problem of reaching the optimum point. Using real data from a food production facility, the model was utilized with the same approach and the obtained results confirm the accuracy of the model.
Subjects: 
Two-echelon inventory control
Genetic algorithm
Supply chain
Perishable good
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