Designing pharmaceutical supply chain networks with perishable items considering congestion

• Published in: Operational research Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 4159 - 4219
• Main Authors: Rekabi, Shabnam, Ghodratnama, Ali, Azaron, Amir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Business and Management; Chain branching; Competitive advantage; Computational Intelligence; Congestion; Costs; Customers; Greenhouse gases; Inventory; Management Science; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Operating costs; Operations Research; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Original Paper; Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmaceuticals; Production scheduling; Sensitivity analysis; Stochastic models; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Supply chain management; Flexible flow systems; Queueing systems; Green supply chains

Increasing competition among various companies has led supply chain managers to devise ways to reduce costs and production times. An important branch of the supply chain, namely the pharmaceutical supply chain network, which plays a significant role in people's lives, is considered in this pape...