Optimal Control Strategy for Serial Supply Chain

Abstract

The determination of the optimal control strategy is one of the key factors for the success of supply chain management.Therefore,the control strategy of serial supply chain is studied.First,the optimal model of the serial supply chain inventory control is proposed based on the nonlinear integer programming model combined with the general push/pull control model.Then,the optimal control strategy is obtained by integrating the genetic algorithm and simulation.Case study shows the effectiveness of the method.