We present a problem motivated by discussions with Colombian e-commerce platforms for agri-food products. In regular time intervals (periods), the platforms collect groceries from local farmers and stores them at a warehouse to distribute them to local customers. The supply quantities and prices...

Background: Shipment consolidation is a concept in logistics management in which two or more shipments are transported by using the same vehicle with the aim of using less resources. Methods: The objective of this manuscript is to study shipment consolidation and assess its impact on cost...

In this paper, we propose the Two-Echelon Location-Routing Problem with Fuzzy Demand (2E-LRP-FD) of the " county-township-village" e-commerce logistics network. Firstly, a bi-objective model of profit maximization of logistics enterprises considering government subsidies and carbon emissions...

This paper proposes a joint optimization approach for the production decisionmaking and inventory allocation in a fault-prone machine supply chain system, considering production and supply uncertainty as well as the impact of machine failure. A model based on Markov decision theory is presented...

With the rapid development of online shopping in China, efficient inventory replen- ishment is crucial to ensure fast product delivery. This paper addresses a multi- period multi-item inventory replenishment problem in an e-commerce company. Different from the traditional predict-then-optimize...

In this paper, an integrated approach is addressed to tackle the production network design and inventory positioning problem in a single-sourcing, multi-product, and multi-period context. The objective of our model is to simultaneously determine the optimal network structure, safety stock...