Title: Heuristic for a single period single product closed loop supply chain

Authors: Neelesh Rangwani, P. Subramanian, N. Ramkumar, T.T. Narendran

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai – 600036, Tamilnadu, India. ' Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai – 600036, Tamilnadu, India. ' Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai – 600036, Tamilnadu, India. ' Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai – 600036, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract: This paper addresses a single period, single product closed loop supply chain (CLSC) allocation problem. We propose an integer linear programming (ILP) model and a progressive constructive heuristics based on Vogel|s approximation method-total opportunity cost (VAM-TOC) method. Trials on a number of datasets have yielded encouraging results.

Keywords: closed loop supply chains; SCM; supply chain management; integer linear programmes; VAM-TOC; Vogel; approximation methods; total opportunity costs; single period; single product; progressive heuristics; constructive heuristics; enterprise network management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJENM.2011.041159

International Journal of Enterprise Network Management, 2011 Vol.4 No.3, pp.311 - 324

Published online: 22 Oct 2014 *

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