Title :
Transport mode assessment for inbound logistics: A study based on coffee industry
Author :
Nascimento, Anderson ; Alves, Gabriel ; Sousa, Emanuel ; Nogueira, Bruno ; Tavares, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Centro de Inf. (CIn), Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Brazil
Abstract :
Over the years, inbound logistics has been prominent to many industries, as globalization has forced companies to increase productivity while reducing costs. Transport modes considerably impact the costs, and a proper evaluation should consider performance, failures as well as sustainability issues. This paper presents an approach based on stochastic Petri nets (SPN) for assessing different transport modes in inbound logistics for coffee industry taking into account performability and sustainability.
Keywords :
Petri nets; beverage industry; cost reduction; globalisation; logistics; stochastic processes; sustainable development; transportation; SPN; coffee industry; cost reduction; globalization; inbound logistics; productivity; stochastic Petri nets; sustainability issues; transport mode assessment; Industries; Measurement; Raw materials; Roads; Supply chains; Throughput; Inbound Logistics; Performability; Sustainability;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/SMC.2014.6974097
