Title: Designing a sustainable supply network by using mathematical programming: a case of fish industry

Authors: Nicolas Clavijo Buritica; John Willmer Escobar; Laura Viviana Triana Sánchez

Addresses: Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali 76001000, Valle del Cauca, Colombia ' Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali 76001000, Valle del Cauca, Colombia ' Faculty of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Cali 76001000, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Abstract: This paper develops a sustainable approach in the productive context associated with the fish industry. The supply network design problem is addressed by using mathematical programming in order to avail the best configuration for the productive system. In this study, some environmental constraints for each echelon have been presented. Two mathematical models are proposed: cost and profit model. The models are validated with actual data obtained from a Colombian fish industry. The obtained results indicate an improved performance of the new supply network design by considering the sustainability approach derived from sustainable supply chain management (SSCM).

Keywords: sustainable; fish industry; supply network design; SND; sustainable supply chain.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2017.085754

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2017 Vol.27 No.1, pp.48 - 72

Received: 12 Jun 2015
Accepted: 06 Aug 2015
Published online: 12 Aug 2017 *

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