The Supply Network Design represents one of the high impact strategic decisions in competitiveness for companies.An optimal location of facilities in relation to the capacity of supply and demand, allows a high level service to attend the markets.In this paper, a methodological framework for designing supply networks by joining application of clustering techniques and mathematical programming are presented.The proposed methodology has been tested with real data obtained from a company of non-alcoholic beverages in Colombia.The approach considers three main stages.First, the costumers clustering process is performed by K-means in order to obtain the location for potential Distribution Centers (DC's).In the second stage, the model for supply network design is performed using a Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) by considering different options to assign DC's, and finally the valuation of the proposed methodology on a real case.A distribution scheme, which allows enter to new market areas with an efficient strategy to penetrate products to big cities such as Bogotá in Colombia, was found.
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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FuenteInternational Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management