A Pool Segmentation Method for Car Rental Industry

Author

Yang, Yazao ; Jin, Wenzhou ; Hao, Xiaoni

Author_Institution

Inst. of Intell. Transp. Syst. & Logistics, South China Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou

fYear

2008

fDate

27-28 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

464

Lastpage

467

Abstract

Large scale and networked car rental companies are emerging continuously along with the rapid development of car rental industry. In order to improve the efficiency of logistics management, it is imperative to find a method which can implement the pool segmentation assignment. According to the developing mode of car rental enterprises and distribution of car rental locations, proposed a three-tier tower structure for enterprise logistics management. A method was obtained to solve the problem of pool segmentation and regional management center choice synchronously based on the study of car rental industry development and its logistics operation characteristic. The results of a case study show that the proposed method can achieve objectives effectively.

Keywords

automobile industry; logistics; rental; car rental industry; enterprise logistics management; large scale car rental companies; networked car rental companies; pool segmentation assignment; rapid development; Companies; Dispatching; Heuristic algorithms; Intelligent networks; Intelligent transportation systems; Large-scale systems; Logistics; Optimization methods; Poles and towers; Road transportation; Car rental; P-median model; Pool segmentation; Three-tier tower structure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modelling, Simulation and Optimization, 2008. WMSO '08. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3484-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WMSO.2008.59

Filename

4757050