Purpose: Truck appointment systems (TAS) are a reliable method for seaport container terminals to reduce peaks in truck arrivals. Thereby, the operation costs for terminals and the waiting times for trucking companies are reduced. The focus of this study is to optimize TAS by analyzing and...

Supported by ever-increasing amounts of data and maturing technologies, big data analytics offers viable, promising improvements for various fields and applications. Supply chain analytics (SCA), the application of big data analytics to supply chain management, can enhance and innovate supply...