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Integrated supply chain design models: a survey and future research directions
Optimization models, especially nonlinear optimization models,
have been widely used to solve integrated supply chain design
problems. In integrated supply chain design, the decision maker
needs to take into consideration inventory costs and distribution
costs when the number and locations of the facilities are
determined. The objective is to minimize the total cost that
includes location costs and inventory costs at the facilities, and
distribution costs in the supply chain. We provide a survey of
recent developments in this research area.