In line with growing global concerns regarding environmental and social issues, supply chaincorporations are improving their environmental and social performances. The optimal design of a closedloop supply network must ...

In recent years, supplier selection (SS) has been one of the fundamental issues in the supply chain(SC). Sustainable suppliers are selected based on the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of economic,environmental, ...

Distributed factories represent a type of manufacturing system in which production is spread outacross multiple geographically dispersed locations. This approach offers several advantages, includingreduced transportation ...

Nowadays, competition is growing therefore, it is essential to try to form proper communicationsand reduce the price of the production along with increasing its quality. A supply chain, especially a closedloop supply chain ...

The present paper explains the qualitative reasons for the importance of data management inupstream oil and gas. It also provides small and concrete examples in which data management can effectivelyincrease value creation ...

This paper presents a model to solve a multi-objective optimization problem for optimal oil fielddevelopment and supply chain management (SCM) of oil and gas, considering Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)methods in both upstream ...

A simple linear profile (SLP) is a type of quality profile that describes the relationship between a response variable and an explanatory variable using a linear function. This concept is relevant in various industrial ...

Statistical process control charts are utilized in many industries, including manufacturing, environmental monitoring and improvement, disease surveillance, and others. The use of statistical process control charts is ...

A statistical model is proposed to schedule maintenance actions, control the inventory, and design a proper control chart in unreliable manufacturing systems. Process deterioration can lead to quality degradation and affect ...

A novel mixed integer non-linear mathematical model is presented in this paper for the two-echelon allocation-routing problem by applying the conditions of the route and transportation fleet under uncertainty. The cost of ...

When the reverse supply chain—which comprises the steps involved in bringing a product back into the supply chain, such as its collection, recycling, and destruction—is taken into account alongside the forward supply chain, ...

In this paper, the Risk-constrained Cash-In-Transit Vehicle Routing Problem (RCITVRP) is addressed with time windows, pickups, and deliveries. It is crucial for Cash-In-Transit (CIT) companies involved in transporting ...

Meticulous project planning is pivotal for ensuring successful project outcomes, with strategic decision-making being a core component of this process. Among these decisions, selecting the right contractor is of paramount ...

The challenge of monitoring and controlling processes where the response variable follows a Poisson distribution, rather than a normal distribution, is addressed in this paper. The significant impact of outliers on model ...

This paper aims to design an integrated green supply chain by considering several drivers of resiliency for perishable products. Supply chain resiliency seeks to prevent the chain from moving toward unfavorable conditions ...

gas distribution projects in Iran between 2015 and 2020. A series of predictive models have been reviewed and evaluated for delay risk prediction such as k-Nearest Neighbor (k-NN) Regression, Regression Trees (RT), Support ...

This paper addresses the open shop scheduling problem, considering parallel machines within each stage and integrating job transportation times between stages, independent of job specifics. In this scheduling problem, all ...

During pandemics and epidemics, healthcare systems may respond quickly to massive increases in demand by establishing surge capacity in facilities. However, adding new resources may not be the most effective approach. Given ...

In statistical process control applications, the quality of certain processes or products can be accurately described by either a univariate or multivariate distribution. Nonetheless, in certain instances, the quality of ...

Supply chain coordination deals with the joint efforts of supply chain parties and making optimal global decisions, which in turn can improve the overall performance and efficiency of the entire supply chain. In many cases, ...