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Flexibility in Port Selection: A Quantitative Approach Using Floating Stocks

Dekker, Rommert; van Asperen, van Asperen, E. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus … - 2010

Ports provide a number of logistical choices concerning storage, onward transport, and postponement. We investigate the routing flexibility offered by ports with a central location with respect to the hinterland. This flexibility is investigated using an illustrative case in which a number of...

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Mathematical modeling of floating stock policy in FMCG supply chains

Dekker, Rommert; Pourakbar, Pourakbar, M.; Sleptchenko, … - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus … - 2007

The floating stock distribution concept exploits inter-modal transport to deploy inventories in a supply chain in … applying previously developed strategies which shows that this concept has advantages in inventories over other strategies. …

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Floating stocks in FMCG supply chains

Dekker, Rommert; Ochtman, G.; van Asperen, van Asperen, E. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus … - 2004

inventories in a supply chain in advance of retailer demand. Supplying part of the demand directly by road compensates the longer … inventories over pure road and intermodal transport. Next a simulation study of a real case is made which quantifies the cost …

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