Decision Criteria and Risk Assessment

The financial objective of maximizing the gross profit considers revenue from sales less production costs, distribution expenses, and freights. 

Corresponding to each arc of the network that links a DC and a customer zone. 

Customer service criterion has two sub-criteria Lead time and Demand fulfillment. Lead time is defined as the time between receipt of a customer sales order and its delivery at the customers facility (used as a proxy for speed). Demand fulfillment is the proportion of the customer order that is effectively delivered. 

Based on the three methods, three sets of individual weights have been determined for each DM. The main criteria weights obtained (in percentages) for one decision maker is given in Table 8.8. A total of 11 decision makers were involved in the criteria assessment. The decision makers were then 

The 11 individual criteria weights are then aggregated to obtain the group  

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