Authors : Wakas S. Khalaf, Zaman A. Mohammed and Batool A. Khalaf
Abstract: Transport and distribution is one of the most important elements in the supply chain system which is of great importance in the success of the chain. Al-Rafidain factory, the largest factory in Abu Ghraib was chosen as one of the most productive and diversified factories. Baghdad but lacks a system of distribution based on the scientific and mathematical methods of the work of the processing chain in addition, to the adoption of decision-maker in the system of work on traditional methods and personal experience in two stages, the first is the stage of collecting raw milk from its sources and transfer to the plant and the second is the distribution of the products are based on supermarkets located in the capital Baghdad. On this basis an efficient processing chain was designed based on efficient mathematical and scientific methods that help to find the optimal solutions, namely the problem of the sales traveler problem which works to find the most efficient and efficient the paths of mobility and distribution between cities and as the decision-maker in the factory several goals interspersed the work of the series of processing in the two stages and wants the decision-maker in achieving those goals was used to use the method of programming goals program to build a multi-goal mathematical model finds the best paths in each stage K using the program (lingo) where he showed the results obtained from the solution of these mathematical models the importance of these methods in charting the course of an optimal phase of raw milk collected from its sources and transported to the plant and the stage of the distribution of finished products to the places of disposal and consumption under the multiple goals of the decision maker.
Wakas S. Khalaf, Zaman A. Mohammed and Batool A. Khalaf, 2019. Designing a Supply Chain Based on Multi-Goal Salesman Style. International Business Management, 13: 470-484.