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An integrated production and distribution model for the supply of relief kits in flood relief supply chains

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  • Abyson Scaria
  • Brijesh Paul

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Relief supply chains should provide the relief supplies quickly and efficiently to maximise the survival rate, and hence, the integration of supply chain operations is extremely critical. In this work, we consider a single echelon relief supply chain for the supply of relief kits and model it as an integrated production and outbound distribution scheduling (IPODS) problem. The mixed integer programming model formulated is solved using a mathematical solver to obtain optimal solutions. For realistic sized problems, a heuristically initialised genetic algorithm (HIGA), using a nearest first greedy (NFG) heuristic is proposed. The data from the massive floods that occurred in 2018 in the State of Kerala, India is used to evaluate the model. The proposed new algorithm produces near optimal solutions for the test problems in relatively short computation times and is fast enough to be used interactively in a decision support system.

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  • Abyson Scaria & Brijesh Paul, 2024. "An integrated production and distribution model for the supply of relief kits in flood relief supply chains," International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 49(2), pages 173-187.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijlsma:v:49:y:2024:i:2:p:173-187
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