In today's competitive market, reducing costs and time is one of the most important issues that has occupied the minds of managers and researchers. This issue is especially important in the field of supply chain management ...

The purpose of this systematic review is to identify and categorize the application of soft operations research methods in healthcare settings. A systematic review was conducted to identify published papers on the application ...

The management and design of supply chain networks in various dimensions are so critical today that managers' decisions significantly impact the configuration and flow of material in the network. Above all, supply chain ...

The Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) is one of the most efficient systems for production environments with high volume and product variety which takes advantage of group technology. In the cellular production system, ...

In this paper, a new model for hybrid flow shop scheduling is presented in which after the production is completed, each job is held in the warehouse until it is sent by the vehicle. Jobs are charged according to the storage ...

Nowadays, supply chains have been facing significant economic forfeitures because of unpredicted disruptions. Furthermore, managers try to design sustainable and reliable supply chains. In this paper, we present an ...

Railways are considered the efficient transport system that provides the possibility of transportation through a rail network. Railway stations are the major part of the rail transport system and evaluating its performance ...

Social networks provide marketing managers and businesses with opportunity to target their customers. By understanding the demographics of users, marketing managers can offer suitable products and services. Although direct ...

Competitive advantage in features, number of branches, or location of any company enables it to provide better services to customers than competitors. In this article, the issue of location in a situation where competitors ...

Regarding contractors are one of the fundamental features of construction and industrial projects, therefore the selection of contractors is one of the major decisions of managers and decision-makers. This paper uses the ...