In a competitive environment, effective management of production and inventory decisions is
critical to maintain an efficient and balanced flow of the supply chain system. Manufacturing …

In this paper, we consider a novel closed loop supply chain design consisting of multiple
periods and multiple echelons. The models are considered under imperfect quality …

Every industry always tries to provide the best service to its consumers. To provide better
service to the consumer and optimize profit, a sustainable online-to-offline retailing strategy …

In the current socio-economic situation, smart products are essential for daily life. Energy is a
very much related matter to smart products. To buy a smart product, people mostly care …

In many situations of real life, the products are manufactured from a supplier that is located
very far from buyer. Moreover, the lot contains some products which have imperfect quality …

When dealing with uncertainties in the supply chain and ensuring customer satisfaction,
efficient management of lead time plays a significant role. Likewise, besides managing …

In this study, the influence of a quality inspection policy on an imperfect production system in
which a percentage of the produced items is inspected is modelled. The inspection policy is …

Incorporation of sustainable management for the rework of defective items brings long
lasting benefits. In global business, there are situations when the products are procured from …

The VMI supply chain can bring benefit to concerned parties. The paper studies cyclic
inventory-routing problem (IRP) under VMI policy. Cyclic IRP as a variant of the IRP belong …

This paper develops inventory models of a vendor–buyer supply chain with imperfect
products and shortages based on Rad et al.(2014) and assumes that both the selling price …