Title | Value chain design through synergistic optimisation of configuration and operation of value activities: an application case of cold chain logistics |
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Type | Journal article |
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Authors | Du, G., Meng, S., Zhou, K. and Wu, R.Y. |
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Abstract | The ‘no breakage chain’ characteristics of cold chain logistics make it important to study the synergistic optimisation between its activities. This study analyses the value chain of cold/frozen goods logistics businesses and proposes a value chain-based synergistic framework: intra-enterprise synergy, and synergy of internal and external enterprises. Based on this framework, a cost optimisation model for intra-enterprise synergy of value activities is established; then with consideration of the market-oriented value activity configuration, a synergistic optimisation model for internal and external enterprise between customer utility and enterprise cost through value activity configuration and operations is established. The synergistic optimisation model is a 0–1 nonlinear bilevel programming (BLP) problem, which is solved by using a bilevel nested genetic algorithm (BNGA). Finally, the established synergistic optimisation model is applied to case analysis of a cold chain logistics company as a computational example to demonstrate the effectiveness of the model. |
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Journal | Journal of Engineering Design |
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Journal citation | 33 (8-9), pp. 607-634 |
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ISSN | 0954-4828 |
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| 1466-1837 |
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Year | 2022 |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
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Accepted author manuscript | License CC BY-NC 4.0 File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09544828.2022.2142903 |
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Publication dates |
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Published online | 11 Nov 2022 |
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Funder | National Natural Science Foundation of China |
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