Improve the supply chain of an agricultural products of VietNam: A case study of Cai Lay mango

Abstract

The network design problems consists of selecting the facilities to open in order to perform a distribution with minimized costs but still have a high customer service levels. The design problems of supply chains are always difficult because of the relationship with economic, organizational and social sectors. So the design of a powerful and successful logistic network has attracted the rising attention of both industrial and scientific community... Cai Lậy inside Tiền Giang province is a big land ideal for growing mango in Vietnam . But the problem of planning for the production ofmango and the distribution network still got many problems. In this thesis, the application of using linear programming in aggregate planning and design distribution network is used to propose a new production plan and a new distribution network for Cai Lậy. Keywords: Supply Chain, Mango, Production cost, Production Planning, Transportation cost, Distribution network, Cai Lậy.