Fruit fly optimization algorithm (FOA) is one of the recent evolutionary computation
approaches. This paper presents an effective and improved FOA (IFOA) for optimizing …

In the increasingly competitive market, supply chain decision-makers are making efforts to
improve operational efficiency and reduce costs by joint replenishment approach …

Among all existing inventory replenishment models, this research was dedicated to the Joint
Replenishment Problem (JRP), which consists in the replenishment of multiple items …

To maintain a multi-stage cleaner production process, the major task is eliminating all
defective items during the production system and an investment is necessary to reduce the …

In the real business situation, suppliers usually provide retailers with forward financing to
decrease inventory or increase demand. Moreover, some heterogeneous goods are not …

A set of agricultural suppliers with low demands can save on long-haul transportation costs
by consolidating their product. We consider a system with stochastic demand and a single …

With the intensification of time-based competition, the importance of reducing lead-time by
rapidly delivering multi-orders has been underscored in the process of replenishment …

In this paper, we study the periodic-review Joint-Replenishment Problem (JRP) with
stochastic demands and backorders-lost sales mixtures. We assume that lead times aare …

This paper analyzes a logistics system involving a supplier who produces and delivers
multiple types of items and a buyer who receives and sells to end customers. The buyer …

In joint replenishment problem with random number of imperfect items (IJRP), it is a great
challenge for managers to correctly ascertain the number of imperfect items and take the …