Cold chain management in hierarchical operational hub networks

Yalda Esmizadeh; Mahdi Bashiri; Hamed Jahani; Bernrdo Almada-Lobo

doi:10.1016/j.tre.2020.102202

Cold chain management in hierarchical operational hub networks

Yalda Esmizadeh, Mahdi Bashiri, Hamed Jahani, Bernrdo Almada-Lobo

School of Strategy and Leadership

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Abstract

This paper proposes a multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming to model a cold chain with complementary operations on a hierarchical hub network. Central hubs are linked to each other in the first level of the network and to the star network of the lower-level hubs. As for a case study, different hub levels provide various refreshing or freezing operations to keep the perishable goods fresh along the network. Disruption is formulated by the consideration of stochastic demand and multi-level freshness time windows. Regarding the solution, a genetic algorithm is also developed and compared for competing the large-sized networks.

Original language	English
Article number	102202
Journal	Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
Volume	147
Early online date	20 Jan 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102202
Publication status	Published - Mar 2021

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FCT

Keywords

Cold chain management (CCM)
Freshness time window
Hierarchical hub location problem
Operational hub
Perishable goods

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Business and International Management
Civil and Structural Engineering
Transportation

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