Location-allocation model for food industrial using fuzzy criteria: A case study of dairy industry

Abstract: A good facility layout plays an important role on increasing the profitability of a production unit. A good location needs to meet different criteria such as the distance between the plants and the places to reach raw materials, customers, etc. In this paper, we proposed a multi criteria decision making problem to locate a suitable dairy plant. We assume that all factors influencing the plant involves uncertainty and proposed fuzzy numbers to handle the uncertainty associated with all input parameters. We apply the method for a real-world case study of dairy production unit and analyze the results of our proposed model.

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 Esfandiyari, Z & Sadi-Nezhad, S. (2011). Location-allocation model for food industrial using fuzzy criteria: A case study of dairy industry.Management Science Letters , 1(3), 341-346.

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