A fuzzy optimization approach for procurement transport operational planning in an automobile supply chain

We consider a real-world automobile supply chain in which a first-tier supplier serves an assembler and determines its procurement transport planning for a second-tier supplier by using the automobile assembler's demand information, the available capacity of trucks and inventory levels. The proposed fuzzy multi-objective integer linear programming model (FMOILP) improves the transport planning process for material procurement at the first-tier supplier level, which is subject to product groups composed of items that must be ordered together, order lot sizes, fuzzy aspiration levels for inventory and used trucks and uncertain truck maximum available capacities and minimum percentages of demand in stock. Regarding the defuzzification process, we apply two existing methods based on the weighted average method to convert the FMOILP into a crisp MOILP to then apply two different aggregation functions, which we compare, to transform this crisp MOILP into a single objective MILP model. A sensitivity analysis is included to show the impact of the objectives weight vector on the final solutions. The model, based on the full truck load material pick method, provides the quantity of products and number of containers to be loaded per truck and period. An industrial automobile supply chain case study demonstrates the feasibility of applying the proposed model and the solution methodology to a realistic procurement transport planning problem. The results provide lower stock levels and higher occupation of the trucks used to fulfill both demand and minimum inventory requirements than those obtained by the manual spreadsheet-based method. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.This work has been funded partly by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology project: Production technology based on the feedback from production, transport and unload planning and the redesign of warehouses decisions in the supply chain (Ref. DPI2010-19977) and by the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia project 'Material Requirement Planning Fourth Generation (MRPIV) (Ref. PAID-05-12)'.Díaz-Madroñero Boluda, FM.; Peidro Payá, D.; Mula, J. (2014). A fuzzy optimization approach for procurement transport operational planning in an automobile supply chain. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 38(23):5705-5725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2014.04.053S57055725382

Conception des chaînes logistiques multicritères avec prise en compte des incertitudes

Les modèles de conception des chaînes logistiques sont devenus de plus en plus complexes, à cause de l'environnement économique incertain et l'introduction de nouveaux critères de décision tels que : l'aspect environnemental, l'aspect social, l'aspect législatif, l'aspect économique, la satisfaction du client et la prise en compte des risques. Répondre aux changements qui touchent les chaînes logistiques exige de composer avec des incertitudes et des informations incomplètes. Configurer des chaînes logistiques multicritères avec prise en compte des incertitudes peut garantir la continuité des activités de l'entreprise.L'objectif principal de cette thèse est la conception de chaînes logistiques multicritères qui résistent aux changements et l'instabilité des marchés. Le manuscrit de cette thèse s'articule autour de sept principaux chapitres:1 - introduction.2 - Etat de l'art sur la conception des chaînes logistiques.3 -Conception des chaînes logistiques multicritères en mesure de répondre aux nouveauxcritères économiques, sociaux, environnementaux et législatifs.4 - Conception des chaînes logistiques multi-objectifs.5 - Développement d'une heuristique de résolution des problèmes de conception deschaînes logistiques de taille réelle.6 - Conception des chaînes logistiques avec prise en compte des incertitudes.7 - Conclusions et perspectives.This thesis contributes to the debate on how uncertainty and concepts of sustainable development can be put into modern supply chain network and focuses on issues associated with the design of multi-criteria supply chain network under uncertainty. First, we study the literature review , which is a review of the current state of the art of Supply Chain Network Design approaches and resolution methods. Second, we propose a new methodology for multi-criteria Supply Chain Network Design (SCND) as well as its application to real Supply Chain Network (SCN), in order to satisfy the customers demand and respect the environmental, social, legislative, and economical requirements. The methodology consists of two different steps. In the first step, we use Geographic Information System (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to buildthe model. Then, in the second step, we establish the optimal supply chain network using Mixed Integer Linear Programming model (MILP). Third, we extend the MILP to a multi-objective optimization model that captures a compromisebetween the total cost and the environment influence. We use Goal Programming approach seeking to reach the goals placed by Decision Maker. After that, we develop a novel heuristic solution method based on decomposition technique, to solve large scale supply chain network design problems that we failed to solve using exact methods. The heuristic method is tested on real case instances and numerical comparisons show that our heuristic yield high quality solutions in very limited CPU time. Finally, again, we extend the MILP model presented before where we assume that the costumer demands are uncertain. We use two-stage stochastic programming approach to model the supply chain network under demand uncertainty. Then, we address uncertainty in all SC parameters: opening costs, production costs, storage costs and customers demands. We use possibilistic linear programming approach to model the problem and we validate both approaches in a large application case.ARRAS-Bib.electronique (620419901) / SudocSudocFranceF

Consistent and Sustainable Supplier Evaluation and Order Allocation: Evaluation Score based Model and Multiple Objective Linear Programming Model

This paper is to develop an integrated approach of supplier evaluation and order allocation to suppliers that suggests the buyer to place more orders to the supplier that has higher evaluation score (consistent order allocation) considering sustainability issues including economic, social, environmental, and disruption of supply chain issues. The proposed approach is handled by an Evaluation Score based Linear Programming (ESLP) Model. Performances of ESLP model is compared with those of Multiple Objective Linear Programming (MOLP) model that does not explicitly consider the evaluation scores of suppliers for order allocation. Experimental results show that ESLP model offers consistent order allocation while MOLP model offers inconsistent order allocation. Moreover, MOLP model has different priorities of suppliers for order allocation when the customer demands are changed. Inconsistent order allocation makes the purchasing process nontransparent, unexplainable, and susceptible for biased decisions. ESLP and MOLP models generate compromised solutions that are nondominated. They are better and worse for some performances. This paper emphasizes a need of further research that develops consistent order allocation methods

An overview of fuzzy techniques in supply chain management: bibliometrics, methodologies, applications and future directions

Every practice in supply chain management (SCM) requires decision making. However, due to the complexity of evaluated objects and the cognitive limitations of individuals, the decision information given by experts is often fuzzy, which may make it difficult to make decisions. In this regard, many scholars applied fuzzy techniques to solve decision making problems in SCM. Although there were review papers about either fuzzy methods or SCM, most of them did not use bibliometrics methods or did not consider fuzzy sets theory-based techniques comprehensively in SCM. In this paper, for the purpose of analyzing the advances of fuzzy techniques in SCM, we review 301 relevant papers from 1998 to 2020. By the analyses in terms of bibliometrics, methodologies and applications, publication trends, popular methods such as fuzzy MCDM methods, and hot applications such as supplier selection, are found. Finally, we propose future directions regarding fuzzy techniques in SCM. It is hoped that this paper would be helpful for scholars and practitioners in the field of fuzzy decision making and SCM

Suppliers Selection In Manufacturing Industries And Associated Multi-Objective Desicion Making Methods: Past, Present And The Future

Nowadays, many manufacturing companies have decided to use other companies’ competencies and outsource part of their manufacturing processes and business to suppliers globally in order to reduce costs, improve quality of products, explore or expand new markets, and offer better services to customers, etc. The decisions have rendered manufacturing organizations with new challenges. Organizations need to evaluate their suppliers' performance, and take account of their weakness and strength in order to win and survive in highly competitive global marketplaces. Hence, suppliers evaluation and selection are taken as an important strategy for manufactring enterprises. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive and critical review on suppliers selection and the formulation of different criteria for suppliers selection, the associated multi-objctive decision makings, selecion algorithms, and their implementation and application perspectives. Furthermore, individual and integrated suppliers selection approaches are presented, including Analytic hierarchy process (AHP), Analytic network process (ANP), and Mathematical programming (MP). Linear programming (LP), Integer programming (IP), Data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Goal programming (GP) are discussed with in-depth. The paper concludes with further discussion on the potential and application of suppliers selection approach for the broad manufacturing industry

Evaluation of the Performance and Ranking of Suppliers of a Heavy Industry by TOPSIS Method

144–147The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the suppliers of a heavy industry and to rank them based on their performance by using Multi Criteria Decision Making Tool (MCDM) – TOPSIS Method. The Criteria and Sub Criteria for the supplier performance evaluation has been decided by a team of experts from the manufacturing industry. DEMATEL is used to calculate the weightage of the criteria and TOPSIS is used to evaluate and rank the suppliers based on these criteria. This paper ranks the suppliers of the industry based on their performance. It also provides a clear picture about various factors affecting the performance of the suppliers. This research provides an insight to all the suppliers as to where they stand with respect to their performance. It helps them identify the factors in which they need to strengthen in order to improve their performance. It also provides a competitive environment for improving their performance which ultimately aids the manufacturing industry with better results from the suppliers

An Integrated Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method For Supplier Evaluation

This research investigates the risk exposure arising from the supplier evaluation criteria of cost, quality, delivery, and flexibility of the supplier. Penyelidikan ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji risiko yang timbul daripada kos, kualiti, penghantaran dan fleksibiliti bagi penilaian pembekal

An Integrated Approach of Fuzzy Quality Function Deployment and Fuzzy Multi-Objective Programming Tosustainable Supplier Selection and Order Allocation

The emergence of sustainability paradigm has influenced many research disciplines including supply chain management. It has drawn the attention of manufacturing companies’ CEOs to incorporate sustainability in their supply chain and manufacturing activities. Supplier selection problem, as one of the main problems in supply chain activities, is also combined with sustainable development where traditional procedures are now transformed to sustainable initiatives. Moreover, allocating optimal order quantities to sustainable suppliers has also attracted attention of many scholars and industrial practitioners, which has not been comprehensively addressed. Therefore, a practical model of supplier selection and order allocation based on the sustainability Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach is presented in this research article. The proposed approach utilizes Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process combined with Quality Function Deployment (FAHP-QFD) for reflecting buyer’s sustainability requirements into the preference weights that are then exerted by an efficient Fuzzy Assessment Method (FAM) to assess the suppliers to obtain their sustainability scores. Thereupon, these scores are utilized in a fuzzy multi-objective mix-integer non-linear programming model (MINLP) for allocating orders to suppliers based on the manufacturer’s sustainability preference. A real-world application of food industry is presented to show the practicality of the proposed approach