dc.description.abstract | Supplier management is one of the most critical elements in supply chain management that is
gradually aware of as a utmost decision in the administration process. Most of the companies
have been expending significantly amount of time and money on allocation process. Hence
allocation problem with time and delivery is one of the most important issues of supplier
selection. The aim of this research is to represent a linear programing model for minimizing
the total cost of order allocation problem of Bifan company. Therefore, the research was
conducted in two section. In the first section, we used MIP approach with CPLEX program to
select the best way for vendors allocation. Afterwards, in the second section sensitivity
analysis has been performed to comprehend the effects of the model parameter variation such
as demand, defect rate and lateness impacting vendor allocation decision and total cost. | en_US |