The management and allocation of resources in large-scale engineering and operational systems has become increasingly complex as a result of both advances in information technology and the presence of system uncertainty. Recent technological and communication advances have provided increased...

The efficiency and the effectiveness of supply chain networks primarily rely on facility location decisions. However, these decisions are closely related to the other supply chain management decisions, i.e., inventory management and transportation decisions. Therefore, the main goal of this...

In this thesis, we identify the critical operational characteristics for various distribution strategies, and then develop integrated distribution network design models by taking into account those operational factors. The first part of this thesis presents a crossdocking network design problem...