## Facility Location and Supply Chain Management – A comprehensive review

• Facility location decisions play a critical role in the strategic design of supply chain networks. In this paper, an extensive literature review of facility location models in the context of supply chain management is given. Following a brief review of core models in facility location, we identify basic features that such models must capture to support decision-making involved in strategic supply chain planning. In particular, the integration of location decisions with other decisions relevant to the design of a supply chain network is discussed. Furthermore, aspects related to the structure of the supply chain network, including those specific to reverse logistics, are also addressed. Significant contributions to the current state-of-the-art are surveyed taking into account numerous factors. Supply chain performance measures and optimization techniques are also reviewed. Applications of facility location models to supply chain network design ranging across various industries are discussed. Finally, a list of issues requiring further research are highlighted.

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Author: T. Melo, S. Nickel, F. Saldanha da Gama urn:nbn:de:hbz:386-kluedo-15520 Berichte des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik (ITWM Report) (130) Report English 2007 2007 Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik 2008/06/18 Facility location ; Network design; Supply Chain Management Fraunhofer (ITWM) 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 51 Mathematik / 510 Mathematik Standard gemäß KLUEDO-Leitlinien vor dem 27.05.2011

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