Abstract:Supply chain management philosophy has been adopted by enterprises due to the requirement of customer demand satisfaction in reasonable times under market competition. In case of rapid increase in product demands and/or occurrence of supply problems in materials, enterprises choose holding some amount of safety stock of several materials and products. In this study, a multi-period, multi-product supply chain with different suppliers, material storages, production plants, distribution centers and customers is m… Show more
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