Localización óptima y confiable de instalaciones en una cadena de suministro.

In this paper, we study facility location problem under many optimization criteria, as minimize the probability of failure and the supply chain total cost. We incorporate account transportation costs, consolidation center cost and reliability of the supply chain. The approach is to design robust supply chains that will be able to absorb negative impacts caused by disruptive events, such as hurricanes, twisters, earthquakes, strikes, accidents, among others. We provide a nonlinear integer-programming model that determines the optimal location of facilities under the criteria of cost and reliability. The proposed model was validated with data obtained from a supply chain of agribusiness sector of Atlantic department in Colombia. The numerical results show an improve of 9.5% in the reliability with an increase of 9.8% on transportation total cost of the supply chain. However, in the proposed model, the companies would not have to incur adequacy costs of consolidation centers, given that current facilities have the capacity to become consolidation center without incurring on significant costs [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]