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Real-Time Trailer Scheduling for Crossdock Operations.
- Source :
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Transportation Journal (American Society of Transportation & Logistics Inc) . Spring2008, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p5-20. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Crossdocks play an important role in supply chain operations. Due to the need to decrease transportation lead time to coordinate with other supply chain activities such as just-in-time, make-to-order, or merge-in-transit strategies, shortening the total transfer time at crossdocks is increasingly important. In this research, we use real-time information about freight transferring within a crossdock to schedule waiting inbound trailers in order to reduce the time freight spends in a crossdock. We use dynamic simulation models to compare the performance of several strategies. These are first-come, first-served, look-ahead, minimum processing time, and minimum total time policies. We examine these under different trailer arrival headways, crossdock layouts, and destination distributions. Our simulation results show that our time-based algorithms save more time than the first-come, first-served and look-ahead policies. In addition, these algorithms appear to result in higher service reliability and productivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00411612
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Transportation Journal (American Society of Transportation & Logistics Inc)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 33294273
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.47.2.0005