Improving routing and scheduling decisions at a distributor of industrial gasses

Omega

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 227-237

  Day, Jamison M ^a   Daniel Wright, P ^b   Schoenherr, Tobias ^c   Venkataramanan, Munirpallam ^d   Gaudette, Kevin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Application; Routing; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; SALES; WAGES; WAREHOUSES;

DELIVERY VEHICLE; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; LABOR COSTS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; ROUTING AND SCHEDULING; ROUTING DECISIONS; ROUTINGS; SCHEDULING; SCHEDULING DECISIONS; STOCK OUTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 44849084472     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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