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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| 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-e4e95303d5a14f99969e8edec3c7ecc52022-12-21T23:41:05ZengUniversidad Politécnica de ValenciaWPOM : 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 WPOM : Working Papers on Operations Management 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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