Title :
A scheme to achieve distribution agility
Author :
Villarreal, Bernardo ; Garzafox, Lorena ; Muraira, Etna
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ing., Univ. de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Mexico
Abstract :
This work describes a suggested scheme to define a distribution strategy to increase the level of agility for a distribution network. This is based on the application of a scheme for increasing efficiency in the distribution operations on a detailed level. The Total Operational Vehicle Effectiveness (TOVE) index is used as the main performance measure. Availability, performance and quality wastes are identified using a Transportation Value Stream Map (TVSM) of the transportation operation. The implementation of the improvement initiatives is still in progress but the projected and available results are provided.
Keywords :
distribution strategy; TOVE index; agile distribution; distribution network; distribution strategy; performance measure; total operational vehicle effectiveness; transportation value stream map; Availability; Companies; Manufacturing; Routing; Supply chains; Vehicles; Agile distribution; lean transportation; transportation efficiency; transportation value stream map;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6064-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093817
