Purpose In this paper, vendor selection and order allocation problem is considered for a
buyer dealing in multiple products to be supplied by multiple vendors. Each product has an …

Third-party logistics (3PLs) service providers have become an extremely important part of
any organisation's supply chain. They are required in almost all business operations right …

For most managers, purchasing decisions are key decisions in the achievement of business
organisation's strategic objectives. Appropriate supplier selection is necessary as it fulfils …

Success of a buying firm depends largely on the suitable selection of its vendors as it
ensures timely delivery of goods to support the firm's output. The paper presents a …

Present research work discusses a multiple objective based mixed integer nonlinear
programming model to coordinate the system of a single buyer with multiple vendors under …