The consideration of this paper is given to address the straight and U-shaped assembly line
balancing problem. Although many attempts in the literature have been made to develop …

Due to immense role of an efficient assembly line in today's manufacturing systems, the
consideration of this paper is devoted to address the straight and U-shaped assembly line …

Sales and operations are the heart of today's businesses, and the decisions made in these
areas will intensively affect the financial performance, operational efficiency and service …

Process planning and scheduling decisions are independently performed in a
manufacturing system in traditional approaches. Integration of these two decisions provides …

Due to the high competition in today's global market, design of an efficient supply chain is
necessary to achieve competitive advantages. Having concerned this issue, scheduling is …

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is one of the most powerful and useful instrument to
evaluate the efficiency of DMU's. To measure the relative efficiency of multi-sector DMU's, it …

Affected by globalization and increased complexity, supply chain managers have learned
about the importance of Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP). However, in large scale …

Supply chain network designing and programming is a momentous issue that many
practitioners have focused on and contributed numerous novelties for this prompt. This …

Transmission Network Expansion Planning (TNEP) problem that considers security
constraints through Weighted Transmission Loading Relief (WTLR) nodal indexes. Small …

This paper develops a multi-objective multi-layer location-pricing (MLLP) model with
congested facilities in which the facilities act like a classic queuing system. The customers …