Objectives, products and demand requirements in integrated supply chain network design: a review

Abstract

Supply chain network design plays an important role in supply chain management. In this paper, a literature review of supply chain network from 1997 until 2014 is given. We identified some important issues in this regard such as products, objectives and product requirements. There is also a short review on some of integration models on supply chain network. Furthermore, most recent approaches that have been used in this issue have been analysed. Finally, a list of future research directions is highlighted.