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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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A fast simulated annealing method for batching precedence-constrained customer orders in a warehouse

Matusiak, Marek; de Koster, René; Kroon, Leo; … - In: European Journal of Operational Research 236 (2014) 3, pp. 968-977

Batching customer orders in a warehouse can result in considerable savings in order pickers’ travel distances. Many picker-to-parts warehouses have precedence constraints in picking a customer order. In this paper a joint order-batching and picker routing method is introduced to solve this...

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The warehouse-inventory-transportation problem for supply chains

Sainathuni, Bhanuteja; Parikh, Pratik J.; Zhang, Xinhui; … - In: European Journal of Operational Research 237 (2014) 2, pp. 690-700

Warehouses play a vital role in mitigating variations in supply and demand, and in providing value-added services in a supply chain. However, our observation of supply chain practice reveals that warehousing decisions are not included when developing a distribution plan for the supply chain....

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The Terminal-Oriented Ship Stowage Planning Problem

Monaco, Maria Flavia; Sammarra, Marcello; Sorrentino, … - In: European Journal of Operational Research 239 (2014) 1, pp. 256-265

The Ship Stowage Planning Problem is the problem of determining the optimal position of containers to be stowed in a containership. In this paper we address the problem considering the objectives of the terminal management that are mainly related to the yard and transport operations. We propose...

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Optimal distribution (re)planning in a centralized multi-stage supply network under conditions of the ripple effect and structure dynamics

Ivanov, Dmitry; Pavlov, Alexander; Sokolov, Boris - In: European Journal of Operational Research 237 (2014) 2, pp. 758-770

In this paper, an original approach to formulate and solve a multi-period and multi-commodity distribution (re)planning problem for a multi-stage centralized upstream network with structure dynamics considerations is proposed. First original idea of this study is description of the supply chain...

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Measuring and rewarding flexibility in collaborative distribution, including two-partner coalitions

Vanovermeire, Christine; Sörensen, Kenneth - In: European Journal of Operational Research 239 (2014) 1, pp. 157-165

Horizontal collaboration among shippers is gaining traction as a way to increase logistic efficiency. The total distribution cost of a logistic coalition is generally between 9% and 30% lower than the sum of costs of each partner distributing separately. However, the coalition gain is highly...

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An inventory–routing problem with the objective of travel time minimization

Li, Kunpeng; Chen, Bin; Sivakumar, Appa Iyer; Wu, Yong - In: European Journal of Operational Research 236 (2014) 3, pp. 936-945

In this paper, we consider an inventory–routing problem (IRP) in a large petroleum and petrochemical enterprise group. Compared to many other IRPs, the problem in this paper includes some special aspects due to the operational constraints, such as hours-of-service regulations of the company...

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A single vehicle routing problem with pickups and deliveries, continuous random demands and predefined customer order

Dimitrakos, T.D.; Kyriakidis, E.G. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 244 (2015) 3, pp. 990-993

This paper extends the results of a particular capacitated vehicle routing problem with pickups and deliveries (see Pandelis et al., 2013b) to the case in which the demands for a material that is delivered to N customers and the demands for a material that is collected from the customers are...

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