Title of article :
Schedulingcrossdockingoperationsunderfull,partialandnoinformation
on inboundarrivals
Author/Authors :
Rim Larbi، نويسنده , , G¨ ulg ¨un Alpan ، نويسنده , , PierreBaptiste، نويسنده , , BernardPenz ، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Abstract :
Crossdockingisalogistictechniquewhichseekstoreducetheinventoryholding,orderpicking,
transportationcostsanddeliverytime.Littleattentionhasbeengiventothetransshipmentoperations
insideacrossdock.Inthisarticle,westudythetransshipmentschedulingprobleminasinglereceiving
and asingleshippingdoorcrossdockunderthreeschedulingpolicies:Inthefirstpolicy,weassumeto
have completeinformationontheorderofarrivalsandthecontentsofallinboundtrucks.Thesecondand
the thirdpoliciesassumetheavailabilityofpartialandnoinformationonthesequenceofupcoming
trucks.Anoptimalgraphbasedmodelisproposedforthefullinformationcase,andapolynomialtime
algorithmisgiven.Heuristicsaredevelopedfortheothertwocases.Thecomparisonofthecosts
associatedtoeachpolicyhelpsevaluatingthevalueofinformationincrossdockschedulingproblems.
Keywords :
Logistics , Cross docking , Scheduling , Value of information , Heuristics
Journal title :
Computers and Operations Research
Journal title :
Computers and Operations Research
