Vehicle Routing in the Cross-Docking Operating System

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 運籌管理研究所 === 100 === In recent years, domestic commodity prices have rocketed due to fluctuations in international oil prices. Fluctuations in international oil prices sweep the world. It is not only Taiwan's economic predicament, but also a global economic problem. Obs...

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Main Authors: Wei-Ling Hong, 洪緯玲
Other Authors: Gen-Han Wu
Format: Others
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gm963k
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Summary:碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 運籌管理研究所 === 100 === In recent years, domestic commodity prices have rocketed due to fluctuations in international oil prices. Fluctuations in international oil prices sweep the world. It is not only Taiwan's economic predicament, but also a global economic problem. Observing the current economic situation based on the viewpoint of the transportation business, it is urgent needed to implement effective transport strategy in order to reduce transportation costs and improve service standards simultaneously. Therefore, the issues of cross-docking operations have now become the focal point of transportation businesses. Using the cross-docking transport strategy not only effectively reduces inventory, savings in transport costs, but deliveries goods more quickly and efficiently to reach the customers. Hence, many transportation-related companies have to pay more attention to the system of cross-docking operations. In this study, we designed a vehicle routing planning model in the cross-docking operating system. This vehicle routing planning model simulated vehicles in the receiving and delivery planning of the routing process in the cross-docking operations. We designed an experiment of the transportation strategy guidelines. Based on the experimental analysis, we know in the situation of cross-docking operations system facing the larger distance variation between each demand point, it is no difference on implementation of a flexible or tight receiving/delivering program, which is a wide or narrow range of demand for a point. Conversely, if the company is faced with a small distance variation between each demand point, it is more suitable for purposes of a flexible receive/delivery program.