In this paper, we study a logistics network design problem with vendor managed inventory in which the company is in charge of managing inventory for its downstream warehouses and retailers, and can choose whether to satisfy each retailer’s demand. The problem incorporates the location, transportation, pricing, and warehouse-retailer echelon inventory replenishment decisions. Traditionally, thes...

Regional logistics demand prediction directly affects regional economy development and logistics planning. Grey prediction, BP neural network, grey neural network and other methods have been widely used in the prediction of complex nonlinear logistics demand system. In this study, an improved grey neural network model was proposed based on these models. First, in this model, the grey influence ...

We study the integrated logistics network design and inventory stocking problem as characterized by the interdependency of the design and stocking decisions in service parts logistics. These two sets of decisions have been usually considered sequentially in practice, and the associated problems have been tackled separately in the research literature. The overall problem is typically further com...

In this study, we consider a manufacturer that has strategically decided to outsource the company specific reverse logistics (RL) activities to a third-party logistics (3PL) service provider. Given the locations of the collection centers and reprocessing facilities, the RL network design of the 3PL involves finding the number and places of the test centers under supply uncertainty associated wi...

Transportation and logistics are fertile areas for modeling. Simulation has traditionally been used in warehousing and inside the distribution center or processing hub in the trucking and package delivery sectors, for baggage systems and passenger queueing in the airline industry, and for detailed models of terminals and yards in the railroad industry. In addition, simulators are used for certa...

E. Rod Butchers Network Logistics, Air New Zealand Ltd. Private Bag 92007, Auckland, New Zealand Paul R. Day Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd. P.O. Box 128-233, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand Andrew P. Goldie Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd. Stephen Miller Network Logistics, Air New Zealand Ltd. Jeff A. Meyer Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd. David M. Ryan Department of Engineering Science,...

We study the integrated logistics network design and inventory stocking problem as characterized by the interdependency of the design and stocking decisions in service parts logistics. These two sets of decisions have been usually considered sequentially in practice, and the associated problems have been tackled separately in the research literature. The overall problem is typically further com...

The adoption and integration of e-commerce strategies into existing business models have allowed many companies to broaden their customer base boost profits. However, the lack a cost-efficient logistics planning model often results in unsatisfactory performance complex multi-echelon supply chain networks. As transportation scheduling are typically managed via independent entities within network...

Network design applications are prevalent in transportation and logistics. We consider the multicommodity capacitated fixedcharge network design problem (MCND), a generic model that captures three important features of network design applications: the interplay between investment and operational costs, the multicommodity aspect, and the presence of capacity constraints. We focus on mathematical...