Manage transportation systems in the green supply chain using Innovative method of ant colony algorithm

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Industrial Management, Firoozkooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh, Iran

2 Department of Mathematics, Firoozkooh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Firoozkooh, Iran

Abstract

Supply chain is a complex network that includes products, services, and information flows between suppliers and customers, all of which create added value in the economy. The lesson of not operating this chain will be an obstacle to creating added value in the macroeconomic perspective. In addition to the above, the marketing, engineering and design units of a manufacturer are also part of the supply chain. In general, the supply chain is a chain that includes all activities related to the flow of goods and the conversion of materials, from the stage of preparation of the raw material to the stage of delivery of the final product to the consumer. The sole purpose of the supply chain is to minimize the total cost of the given network, To achieve this goal there is a need for a suitable business model in the industry. In this research, we propose the method of setting the optimal order quantity by optimizing particle swarm for supply chain management. In studies and after the implementation of the algorithm, we conclude that this algorithm has a high execution time in long distances and in high repetition cannot reduce the total cost, but in short distances is very efficient, the execution time is low. The total cost is low.

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