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The Definitive Guide to Modern Supply Chain Management (Collection)
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The Definitive Guide to Modern Supply Chain Management (Collection)

by Chad W. Autry, Thomas J. Goldsby, John Bell, Mark A. Moon, Chuck Munson, Michael Watson, Sara Lewis, Peter Cacioppi, Jay Jayaraman
June 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1233 pages
30h 29m
English
Pearson
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11. Multi-Objective Optimization

So far, we have discussed trying to improve just one component of the supply chain. That is to say, we have talked about minimizing the total distance that our goods have to travel, or the total supply chain cost over some length of time. We have framed strategic network design this way for three reasons:

1. Historically, strategic network design tools have always presented the user with a single goal. The majority of tools (although certainly not all of them) currently give you the power to minimize (or maximize) just one objective function at a time.

2. The mathematical tools that underpin strategic network design are oriented toward optimizing a single objective.

3. Optimization of a single goal is difficult ...

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ISBN: 9780133474626