Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v24i2.286
Cost Optimisation in Freight Distribution with Cross-Docking: N-Echelon Location Routing Problem
Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu
Sažetak
Freight transportation constitutes one of the main activities that influence the economy and society, as it assures a vital link between suppliers and customers and 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 the N-echelon location routing problem. A literature review is also presented, in order to list the main problems and methods that can be helpful for scientists and transportation practitioners.
Ključne riječi
location-routing problems; multi-echelon distribution; cross-docking; combinatorial optimisation; literature review
Hrčak ID:
82885
URI
Datum izdavanja:
22.5.2012.
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