In this research, we study a supply chain which consists of a firm and a set of customer groups, where the demand (order quantity) from each customer group depends on the quoted delivery time. The prices of the product are determined and different to each customer group. The firm's objective is...

In this paper, we consider an inventory–routing problem (IRP) in a large petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group. Compared to many other IRPs, the problem in this paper includes some special aspects due to the operational constraints, such as hours-of-service regulations of the company...

Nowadays, it is popular to outsource transportation and distribution of finished products to third-party logistics (3PL) providers in many industries. In order to shorten the response time from order receipt to delivery, and also to improve on-time delivery accuracy, the decision of...