Authors : B. Chandra Mohana Reddy , K. Rajagopal , K. Hemachandra Reddy , C. Nadha Muni Reddy and K. Vijaya Kumar Reddy
Abstract: A supply chain, from an operations perspective, has three components: Sourcing or procurement, manufacturing and distribution and inventory disposal. The focus of this study is on decision making in the distributor selection and quota allocation, which is an important part of the supply chain of many firms. Such decision makings are may greatly affect a firm`s ability to compete in the market place as they account for large portion of a product`s production cost and may involve long-term contracts. In this study, the fuzzy goal and fuzzy additive goal programming approaches are applied for solving the distributor selection problem with multiple objectives, in which some of the parameters are fuzzy in nature. Because of all objectives and constraints are linear, the distributor selection problem has been formulated by using linear member ship function as a fuzzy goal and additive fuzzy goal programs. The formulated two programs are solved by using LINDO software. The proposed approaches have the capability to handle realistic situations in a fuzzy environment and provide a better decision tools for the distributor selection and quota allocation in a supply chain. The formulated fuzzy goal and additive fuzzy goal programs can be used to solve the real life problems.
B. Chandra Mohana Reddy , K. Rajagopal , K. Hemachandra Reddy , C. Nadha Muni Reddy and K. Vijaya Kumar Reddy , 2007. Application of Fuzzy Goal and Additive Fuzzy Goal Programming Approaches to Distributor Selection in Supply Chain. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2: 1533-1538.