Integrated textile material and production management in a fuzzy environment: A logistics perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the integrated physical material management (including suppliers’ selection, order allocation, and multi-mode inbound transportation) and multi-site aggregate production planning with direct shipping. A multi-objective programming model is developed to determine the material purchasing plan, transportation modes, and production-related decisions in a (non-overlapped) multi-period tactical planning horizon. An interactive algorithm is developed, based on the interval expected value of fuzzy numbers and satisfaction degree, to obtain compromise solutions. Finally, numerical studies show the usefulness of our proposed framework in the clothing supply chain.

Keywords:

• Apparel supply chain
• transportation-production planning
• BOM in textile engineering products
• fuzzy modeling in the textile industry

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

1 The mother company of Zara brand