This paper studies the simultaneous dock assignment and sequencing of inbound trucks for a multi-door cross docking operation with the objective to minimize total weighted tardiness, under a fixed outbound truck departure schedule. The problem is newly formulated and solved by six different...

In this paper, the optimal replenishment policies of capacitated supply chains (SC) operating under two different control strategies (decentralized vs. centralized) and various demands are determined and insights useful to management are discussed. The details of the system used, including the...