Quantitative Procedure for the Redesign of a Multiple Supply Chains Based on Synergies

The supply chain reconfiguration is each time more necessary due to the constant changes in the businesses. More than individual supply chains, nowadays networks appear as the addition of supply chains, with similarities between them. These chains contain different integration drivers, which are called synergistic factors. A procedure to select a configuration for a set of multi-business synergistic chains is developed in this multicriteria problem. Based on a simulation, TOPSIS with AHP is applied to determine the most synergistic and efficient configuration within a set of network alternatives. The pharmaceutical distribution for three kinds of client is used to validate it.