The best shape for a crossdock

Transportation Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-244

  Bartholdi III, John J ^a   Gue, Kevin R ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossdocking; Freight transportation; Less than truckload motor carriers; Material handling

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; COSTS; DOCKS; DOORS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PIERS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; TRUCK TRAILERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

CROSSDOCKS; LABOR COSTS; MOTOR CARRIERS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 3042532019     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1030.0077     Document Type: Article

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