Vol-04 Issues 12, December-2020 ISSN: 2456-9348 Impact Factor: 4.520 International Journal of Engineering Technology Research & Management IJETRM (http://ijetrm.com/ ) [62] MODIFIED GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION PROBLEM TO MINIMIZE THE TRAVELLING COST P.Elayamaran Research Scholar, Bharathiar University Coimbatore. maranpswamy@yahoo.com Dr.P.Suresh Professor and CoE Muthayammal Engineering College (Autonomous) Rasipuram, Namakkal District. suresh.me2004@gmail.com Dr.P.Ganapathi Associate Professor Department of Management Studies Muthayammal Engineering College (Autonomous) Rasipuram, Namakkal District. hrganapthi@gmail.com Abstract RFID technology is used today in many applications, including security and access control, transportation and supply chain tracking. In this work, a RFID technique is proposed to optimize the supply chain distribution network. Short for radio frequency identification, RFID is a dedicated short range communication technology. The term RFID is used to describe various technologies that use radio waves to identify people or objects automatically. A modified Genetic Algorithms (GA) system approach, K- Means Cluster based Heuristic approach, Hybrid GA-Simulated Annealing (SA) approach, Hybrid K-Means Cluster based heuristic-GA and Hybrid K-Means Cluster based heuristic-GA-SA for travelling salesman problem is proposed. The study incorporated uniform crossover operator and combined crossover operator in GAs for solving supply chain distribution network problem. The algorithms are tested on 50 randomly generated data set and compared with each other. The results of the numerical experiments shows that the Hybrid K-means Cluster based heuristic-GA-SA, when tested on 50 randomly generated data set, shows superior performance to the other methods for solving the TSP. 1. Introduction A supply chain consists of all parties involved, directly or indirectly, in fulfilling a customer request. The supply chain includes not only the manufacturer and suppliers, but also the transporters, retailers and even customers themselves. In the manufacturing organization, the supply chain includes all functions involved in receiving and filling a customer request interms of fast supply, proper maintenance and good response. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a dedicated short range communication technology. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology which allows contactless access to data on a transponder (also called tag or chip). Already in the late