Designing a multi-period and multi-product resilient mixed supply chain network under chain-to-chain competition

Abstract

Purpose

This study addresses resilient mixed supply chain network design (SCND) and aims to minimize the expected total cost of the supply chain (SC) considering disruptions. The capacity of facilities is considered uncertain. In order to get closer to real-world situations, competition between SCs is considered.

Design/methodology/approach

A two-stage stochastic programming model is developed for designing the SC network. The location of facilities and selection of suppliers are considered first-stage decisions, and the determination of materials and products flows are second-stage decisions. Some resilience strategies are applied to mitigate the negative impacts of disruptions.

Findings

The results indicate that considering resilience and applying the related strategies are vitally important, and resilience strategies can significantly improve the SC objective and maintain market share. Also, it is confirmed that unrealistic decisions will be made without considering the competition.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the literature by proposing a novel mathematical model for the resilient mixed SCND problem. The other contribution is considering the chain-to-chain competition in collecting returned products and selling recycled products to other SCs in a mixed SC under disruptions. Also, a novel hybrid metaheuristic is developed to cope with the complexity of the model.

Citation

Vali-Siar, M.M. and Roghanian, E. (2024), "Designing a multi-period and multi-product resilient mixed supply chain network under chain-to-chain competition", Kybernetes, Vol. 53 No. 3, pp. 935-959. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-04-2022-0592