Journal article
Direct k-routing versus cross-docking: worst-case results
Optimization letters, Vol.15(5), pp.1579-1586
07/01/2021
DOI: 10.1007/s11590-019-01507-9
Abstract
We consider a firm that devises outbound routes from its plant to satisfy daily demand of the set of its n customers at minimum cost. While routes can vary daily based on demand, we assume that the firm must commit long-term to a routing strategy. We consider the following routing strategies: (i) the direct delivery of products to customers from the plant on a k-route, where a k-route is a vehicle route with at most k customers on the route, and (ii) the use of a cross-dock as an intermediate transit point by first consolidating customer demand on vehicles traveling on mainline routes, which travel from the plant to the cross-dock, and then shipping demand from the cross-dock to customers on a set of n-routes. We examine the worst-case behavior for these routing strategies and their managerial implications.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Direct k-routing versus cross-docking: worst-case results
- Creators
- Luca Bertazzi - University of BresciaJeffrey W. Ohlmann - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Optimization letters, Vol.15(5), pp.1579-1586
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11590-019-01507-9
- ISSN
- 1862-4472
- eISSN
- 1862-4480
- Number of pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Business Analytics
- Record Identifier
- 9984380531202771
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