We address the problem of designing/redesigning a multi-echelon logistics network over a multi-period planning horizon …. The operation of the network is also subject to logistics decisions involving supplier selection in conjunction with …-house manufacturing and a mixed approach with product outsourcing is to be taken. We propose a mixed-integer linear programming model and …

aggregate the ‘real’ logistics ‘cross‐sector’. This is applied to the two German port city‐states, Hamburg and Bremen. The …‐relevant ‘cross‐sectors’, clusters and networks; and second our knowledge about service, namely logistics, clusters and networks (for …