Abstract Industrial Clusters (ICs) are defined as geographically adjacent interconnected
companies working together within the same commercial section which enjoy unusual
competitive success in their field. The relationships between Supply Chain Management
(SCM) and ICs have been imperfectly mathematically investigated, in spite of their intrinsic
correlation. To bridge this gap, a bi-objective multi-echelon supply-distribution model is
firstly proposed in this paper to optimize collaborations of different echelons. The considered …