This paper proposes a modeling methodology for supply chain operations with a focus on the relationships of supply chain entities. Supply chain operation problems are mathematically formulated into a multilevel programming problem. A multiparametric programming-based computation methodology is proposed to compute the solution of the problems. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the proposed modeling and computational methodology with some remarks.
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