Title :
Reducing inbound transportation costs: An application
Author :
Di Vece, Carla ; Hinojosa, Mirthala ; Villarreal, Eugenia ; Villarreal, Bernardo
Author_Institution :
Univ. de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
Abstract :
This work describes the strategy of a leading Mexican food firm to improve its inbound transportation cost level. This is based on the application of a broad scheme for identifying and assessing areas for improving based on supplier negotiation, increasing operations efficiency and redesigning distribution schemes. The partial results of the implementation of the improvement initiatives have been important for the company, and some are still in progress.
Keywords :
costing; food processing industry; goods distribution; transportation; Mexican food firm; inbound transportation costs; supplier negotiation; transportation efficiency; Companies; Manufacturing; Optimization; Raw materials; Supply chains; Transportation; Inbound transportation; empty moves; supplier negotiation; transportation efficiency;
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.2015.7093919