A simulation based approach for dock allocation in a food distribution center

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2750-2755

  Gopakumar, Balagopal ^a   Sundaram, Suvarna ^a   Wang, Shengyong ^a   Koli, Sumit ^b   Srihari, Krishnaswami ^a  

^a State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

^b Maines Paper and Food Service Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION ALGORITHMS; CURRENT SYSTEMS; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATIONS; FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS; LEAN PRINCIPLES; NON-VALUE ADDED TIME; SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION-BASED; TRAVEL DISTANCES; VALUE STREAM MAPPINGS; WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS;

AUTOMOBILES; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; DOCKS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; TRUCKS; UNLOADING; WAREHOUSES;

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS;

EID: 60749126861     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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