Hamid Afshari
Majid Amin Naieri

In this paper an approach to optimize facility location problem in distribution system is presented. The contribution is to minimize total establishment,transportation vne enadna yr vnvnd dna costs aty rnt simultaneously maximizing customer satisfaction. Including dynamic view to the problem will lead to better facility location within distribution network design. This paper reviews three distribution systems and is supported by a case study to be implemented and followed the solutions. In each model some parameters and contributions such as inventory management considerations and multi period extensions are added. The demand of customer is assumed to be deterministic. The results show that the new model with components to cover inventory decisions and multiple periods will increase the efficiency of the system significantly and just implementing all models in real case could help us in selection the model with the best performance measures.

Terms—Facility location, Multi-Objective, Multi-Period, Optimizing Distribution System, performance measurement