Title :
Moving freight inside cross docking terminals
Author :
Maknoon, M. Yousef ; Baptiste, Pierre
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Ind. Eng., Ecole Polytech. Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Cross docking is a transshipment platform used as a consolidation point in logistic networks. Moving freight inside these terminals depends highly on manpower, which makes it costly. In this paper, we introduce a model for freight transportation inside these terminals and discuss the factors that could affect them.
Keywords :
freight handling; goods distribution; human resource management; labour resources; logistics; sea ports; supply chain management; transportation; cross docking terminals; freight transportation; logistic network; transshipment platform; Linear programming; Load modeling; Loading; Optimal scheduling; Shape; Transportation; Branch and Bound; Cross-docking platform; freight moving; mixed integer programming;
Conference_Titel :
Supply Chain Management and Information Systems (SCMIS), 2010 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-962-367-696-0
