Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysis

Freight transportation constitutes one of the main activities that influences economy and society, as it assures a vital link between suppliers and customers and it represents a major source of employment. Multi-echelon distribution is one of the most common strategies adopted by the transportation...

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出版年:WPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management
第一著者: Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu
フォーマット: 論文
言語:英語
出版事項: Universitat Politècnica de València 2011-02-01
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オンライン・アクセス:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/WPOM/article/view/804
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description Freight transportation constitutes one of the main activities that influences economy and society, as it assures a vital link between suppliers and customers and it represents a major source of employment. Multi-echelon distribution is one of the most common strategies adopted by the transportation companies in an aim of cost reduction. Although vehicle routing problems are very common in operational research, they are essentially related to single-echelon cases. This paper presents the main concepts of multi-echelon distribution with cross-docks and a unified notation for two-chelon transportation cost optimization. A systematic review is also presented, in order to list the main issues and methods that can be helpful for scientists and transportation practitioners.
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spelling doaj-art-e4e95303d5a14f99969e8edec3c7ecc52025-08-20T01:47:15ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaWPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management1989-90682011-02-0121183010.4995/wpom.v2i1.804801Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysisJesus Gonzalez-Feliu0Laboratoire d'Economie des TransportsFreight transportation constitutes one of the main activities that influences economy and society, as it assures a vital link between suppliers and customers and it represents a major source of employment. Multi-echelon distribution is one of the most common strategies adopted by the transportation companies in an aim of cost reduction. Although vehicle routing problems are very common in operational research, they are essentially related to single-echelon cases. This paper presents the main concepts of multi-echelon distribution with cross-docks and a unified notation for two-chelon transportation cost optimization. A systematic review is also presented, in order to list the main issues and methods that can be helpful for scientists and transportation practitioners.http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/WPOM/article/view/804ocation-routing problemsmulti-echelon distributioncross-dockingcombinatorial optimisationsystematic review
spellingShingle Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu
Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysis
ocation-routing problems
multi-echelon distribution
cross-docking
combinatorial optimisation
systematic review
title Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysis
title_full Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysis
title_fullStr Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysis
title_full_unstemmed Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysis
title_short Two-echelon transportation optimisation: a meta-narrative analysis
title_sort two echelon transportation optimisation a meta narrative analysis
topic ocation-routing problems
multi-echelon distribution
cross-docking
combinatorial optimisation
systematic review
url http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/WPOM/article/view/804
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