Controlling a supply chain with capacitated transporters using kanban principles

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-1-2004

Abstract

Transportation plays an important role in a supply chain operation where the materials flow in batches. Most models developed for supply chain systems assume that the transporters' capacities are sufficient enough to deal with the timely delivery of materials. If considering the capacitated transporters, the optimal shipment size and the number of transporters are subjected to optimization for an economic planning. This research studies a supply chain system operating under kanban mechanism with the capacitated transporters. A logistic model is built for controlling the materials delivery, which results in minimizing the total cost of the supply chain.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

IIE Annual Conference and Exhibition 2004

First Page

2161

Last Page

2166

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