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Improving the computational efficiency of metric-based spares algorithms
Nowicki, David R.; Randall, Wesley S.; Ramirez-Marquez, … - In: European Journal of Operational Research 219 (2012) 2, pp. 324-334
of performance-based logistics (PBL) has increased. PBL represents a class of business strategies that converts the …-based approaches to evaluate how a supplier and customer will engage in a performance based logistics arrangement where spares …
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Operations Research for green logistics – An overview of aspects, issues, contributions and challenges
Dekker, Rommert; Bloemhof, Jacqueline; Mallidis, Ioannis - In: European Journal of Operational Research 219 (2012) 3, pp. 671-679
paper, we present a review that highlights the contribution of Operations Research to green logistics, which involves the … integration of environmental aspects in logistics. We give a sketch of the present and possible developments, focussing on design … also indicate several areas where environmental aspects could be included in OR models for logistics. …
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The impact of cost uncertainty on the location of a distribution center
Huang, Rongbing; Menezes, Mozart B.C.; Kim, Seokjin - In: European Journal of Operational Research 218 (2012) 2, pp. 401-407
The location of a distribution center (DC) is a key consideration for the design of supply chain networks. When deciding on it, firms usually allow for transportation costs, but not supplier prices. We consider simultaneously the location of a DC and the choice of suppliers offering different,...
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Cyclic-order neighborhoods with application to the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demand
Goodson, Justin C.; Ohlmann, Jeffrey W.; Thomas, Barrett W. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 217 (2012) 2, pp. 312-323
We examine neighborhood structures for heuristic search applicable to a general class of vehicle routing problems (VRPs). Our methodology utilizes a cyclic-order solution encoding, which maps a permutation of the customer set to a collection of many possible VRP solutions. We identify the best...
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Single vehicle routing problems with a predefined customer sequence, compartmentalized load and stochastic demands
Pandelis, D.G.; Kyriakidis, E.G.; Dimitrakos, T.D. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 217 (2012) 2, pp. 324-332
We consider the problem of finding the optimal routing of a single vehicle that delivers K different products to N customers according to a particular customer order. The demands of the customers for each product are assumed to be random variables with known distributions. Each product type is...
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Collaboration among small shippers in a transportation market
Yilmaz, Ozhan; Savasaneril, Secil - In: European Journal of Operational Research 218 (2012) 2, pp. 408-415
Intense competition in markets is pushing companies to increase their operational efficiency. One possible way to achieve increased efficiency is through cooperation with other companies. We study the coalition formation among small shippers in a transportation market characterized by uncertain...
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Formation of a strategic manufacturing and distribution network with transfer pricesAuthor-Name: de Matta, Renato
Miller, Tan - In: European Journal of Operational Research 241 (2015) 2, pp. 435-448
We propose a profit maximization model for the decision support system of a firm that wishes to establish or rationalize a multinational manufacturing and distribution network to produce and deliver finished goods from sources to consumers. The model simultaneously evaluates all traditional...
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A priori policy evaluation and cyclic-order-based simulated annealing for the multi-compartment vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands
Goodson, Justin C. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 241 (2015) 2, pp. 361-369
We develop methods to estimate and exactly calculate the expected cost of a priori policies for the multi-compartment vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands, an extension of the classical vehicle routing problem where customer demands are uncertain and products must be transported in...
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Optimal quoting of delivery time by a third party logistics provider: The impact of shipment consolidation and temporal pricing schemes
Ülkü, M. Ali; Bookbinder, James H. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 221 (2012) 1, pp. 110-117
to charge a price premium. This paper investigates the effects of different pricing schemes for a Third Party Logistics …. In a price- and time-sensitive logistics market, we derive the optimal quotations that should be made for price and … logistics market parameters, we show that charging according to an order’s time of arrival is not necessarily the best pricing …
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A new mixed integer program and extended look-ahead heuristic algorithm for the block relocation problem
Petering, Matthew E.H.; Hussein, Mazen I. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 231 (2013) 1, pp. 120-130
This paper considers the block relocation problem (BRP), in which a set of identically-sized items is to be retrieved from a set of last-in-first-out (LIFO) stacks in a specific order using the fewest number of moves. The problem is encountered in the maritime container shipping industry and...
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