Addressing Structural Complexity in Facility Location

• J.M. Pinar-Pérez ^[3] ; D. Ruiz-Hernández ^[1] ; M.B.C. Menezes ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Sheffield

     University of Sheffield

     Reino Unido

     
  2. [2] NEOMA Business School

     NEOMA Business School

     Arrondissement de Rouen, Francia

     
  3. [3] University College for Financial Studies (CUNEF). Quantitative Methods Dept. (Madrid)

  Mostrar afiliaciones +
• Localización: Organizational Engineering in Industry 4.0 / David de la Fuente García (ed. lit.), Raúl Pino Díez (ed. lit.), Borja Ponte Blanco (ed. lit.), Rafael Rosillo Camblor (ed. lit.), 2021, ISBN 978-3-030-67708-4, págs. 119-126
• Idioma: inglés
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo
• Resumen

  • The focus of this work is the problem of locational complexity in the supply chain (i.e. the complexity emanating from the proliferation markets) that results from natural growth, multi-market, and market overlapping strategies. Notwithstanding, it is widely agreed among practitioners that this proliferation damages supply chains, rendering them less efficient; there is still a need for a mechanism for incorporating a measure of structural complexity in optimization models that may help on the design of less-complex networks or, alternatively, in the rationalization of oversized ones. In this work, we propose an extension to the K-Median problem that takes into account the complexity of the resulting network.