Optimal Vendor Selection in a Multi-product Global Supply Chain with Container Transportation

摘要：

Considering a multi-product global supply chain with container transportation,this paper develops optimization models to solve a combined supplier selection,product purchasing,and container transportation allocation problem.The proposed models consisting of two models,which are called supplier selection and shipment distribution model and assignment optimization model.The first model aims at optimizing the units of different product purchased from each supplier to each buyer,the number of FC shipments from each supplier to each buyer,the weight of LTL shipments from each supplier to each buyer.The second model aims at allocating each product purchased to each of the FC shipments.At last,a numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model.

关键词： vendor selection global supply chain container transportation

作者: WANG Chuanxu

作者单位: School of Economy and Management,Shanghai Maritime University,Shanghai,200135,China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008 International Conference on Lofistics Engineering and Supply Chain(2008物流与供应链管理国际研讨会)

会议地点: 长沙

会议语种:英文

页码: 809-813

在线出版日期: 2008-08-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）