An operational policy for a three-stage distributive supply chain system with retailers' backorders

Keyphrases

• Allowable Shortage 33%
• Backorder 100%
• Backorder Costs 33%
• Distributor 66%
• Holding Cost 33%
• Hybrid Metaheuristic Algorithm 33%
• Inventory Problem 33%
• Lost Sales 33%
• Minimum Cost 33%
• Mixed Integer Programming Problem 33%
• Multi-retailer 33%
• Numerical Results 33%
• Operational Policies 100%
• Production Inventory 33%
• Refrigerator 33%
• Replacement Policy 66%
• Retailers 100%
• Sensitivity Analysis 33%
• Setup Cost 33%
• Single-producer 33%
• Solution Procedure 100%
• Supply Chain Network 33%
• Supply Chain System 100%
• Total System Cost 33%
• Tree Structure 66%

Engineering

• Illustrates 33%
• Setup Cost 33%
• Solution Procedure 100%
• Supply Chain Network 33%
• System Cost 33%