Designing Supply Chain Networks Using Continuous Approximation Approach

• Main Authors: Vu Thuy Linh, 武垂玲
• Other Authors: Yu-Chung Tsao
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/h2mp62

博士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 工業管理系 === 106 === The rising sense of environmental consciousness and the rapid innovation in technology are drivers and challenges for supply chain network design problems. This has driven the supply chain network problems to become more flexible and complicated in today’s business. This study introduces a continuous approximation (CA) approach to address the supply chain network problems. The supply chain network design is to determine the service area, location, and the inventory problems. As CA’s technique relies on distribution functions rather than exact locations of customers, it does not require as much data as mathematical programming models, and its development and implementation are therefore easier and faster. This study also shows that CA approach is useful and suitable to model the supply chain network problems in the different cases. Three problems of the supply chain network design are addressed in this dissertation: (I) Supply chain network design with product remanufacturing and carbon emission; (II) Closed-loop supply chain network design considering Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) adoption; and (III) Seaport- dry port network design considering multimodal transport and carbon emission. For each problem, the mathematical model and decisions are made to optimize the supply chain network performance. Numerical analysis is conducted in each case of supply chain network design to illustrate the solution procedures and examine the effects of changing parameters on decision-making. The results of this study can serve as references for business managers or administrators.