This paper introduces the concept of transshipment networks, a collection of strategically located transshipment platforms, for efficient and flexible last-mile delivery in congested urban areas. By implementing transshipment platforms, logistics operators can select the locations, light-freight vehicle types and operating schedules that best fit specific distribution strategies, and, simultane...

The fuzzy transportation problem in which available commodity frequently moves from one source to another source or destination before reaching its actual destination is called a fuzzy transshipment problem. In this paper, a new method is proposed to find the fuzzy optimal solution of fuzzy transportation problems with the following transshipment: From a source to any another source, from a des...

Lateral transshipments are an effective strategy to pool inventories. We present an exact Semi-Markov decision problem formulation for proactive and reactive transshipments in a multi-location continuous review distribution inventory system with Poisson demand and exponential replenishment lead times. In a numerical study, we investigate the benefits of proactive over different reactive transsh...

the paper discusses the location-allocation model for logistic networks and distribution centers through considering uncertain parameters. in real-world cases, demands and transshipment costs change over the period of the time. this may lead to large cost deviation in total cost. scenario based robust optimization approaches are proposed where occurrence probability of each scenario is not know...

This paper deals with fuzzy transshipment problem in which available commodity frequently moves from one source to another source before reaching its actual destination. Here Max – Min method is introduced to find initial feasible solution for the large scale fuzzy transshipment problem. Mathematics Subject Classification: 03E72

Shrinkage can lead to inventory record inaccuracy which in turn may negatively affect the performance of supply chain control policies. In this paper the impact of shrinkage on the efficiency of transshipment operations is demonstrated using stochastic simulation. In particular, the value of full inventory visibility which could be achieved using RFID is approximated. This value is shown to be ...

With China's rapid economic development, electricity supply is relatively shortage, and the contradiction of power coal supply and demand is prominent. In this context, using WITNESS logistics software platforms, this paper establishes a simulation model about a power coal ocean shipping logistics system of a transshipment port as the center, focusing on how to make full use of the existing res...

In this study, a two echelons supply chain system in which a supplier is producing perishable product and distribute it to multiple customers is considered. By allowing lateral transshipment mechanism, it is also possible to deliver products to some customers in some periods in bulk, then customers using their own vehicle to transship goods between each other seeking further reduction in the ov...

A transshipment problem with demands that exceed network capacity can be solved by sending ow in several waves. How can this be done in the minimum number of waves? This is the question tackled in the quickest transshipment problem. Hoppe and Tardos 10] describe the only known polynomial time algorithm to solve this problem. Their algorithm repeatedly minimizes submodular functions using the el...

A new method namely, splitting method is proposed for finding an optimal solution to a transshipment problem in which all parameters are real intervals. With the help of a numerical example, the proposed method is illustrated. The splitting method is extended to fully fuzzy transshipment problems. Mathematical Subject Classification: 03E72