System reliability for a multi-state distribution network with multiple terminals under stocks

To achieve the most efficiency in supply chain management, the capability of distribution networks is a key point for the entire supply chain. Stocks are critical for enhancing the efficiency of satisfying the demand of retailers in the distribution network. A configuration of a distribution network...

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Published in:Annals of operations research Vol. 311; no. 1; pp. 117 - 130
Main Author: Huang, Cheng-Fu
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2022
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Algorithms
Business and Management
Combinatorics
Demand
Distribution centers
Distribution management
Distribution of goods
Efficiency
Inventory
Logistics
Network reliability
Nodes
Operations research
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Reliability (Engineering)
Reliability analysis
Retail stores
S.I. : Reliability Modeling with Applications Based on Big Data
Suppliers
Supply chain management
Supply chains
System reliability
Theory of Computation
Taiwan
Demand
Multi state distribution network (MDN)
System reliability
Stocks
Multiple terminals
ISSN:0254-5330, 1572-9338
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Summary:To achieve the most efficiency in supply chain management, the capability of distribution networks is a key point for the entire supply chain. Stocks are critical for enhancing the efficiency of satisfying the demand of retailers in the distribution network. A configuration of a distribution network is consisted of routes and nodes. Each route connects a pair of nodes and each node is denoted as a supplier, a distribution center, or a retailer. For each route, it has a carrier whose available capacity for demand transmission is multi state. Hence, a distribution network is also regarded as a multi state network and such a network is named as a multi state distribution network (MDN) in here. The propose of this paper is to evaluate the system reliability which is defined as the probability that the MDN can meet all retailers’ demand under stocks. In practical, all retailers’ demand should be satisfied by stocks in the distribution centers (DCs) firstly. Therefore flow assignment in MDN model is mainly clarified by the relationship between the demand of retailers, stocks on DCs, and suppliers. The concept of minimal capacity vectors (MCVs) is then proposed and an algorithm is developed to obtaining MCVs for evaluating system reliability.
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ISSN:0254-5330
1572-9338
DOI:10.1007/s10479-020-03546-3