Coordination of split deliveries in one-warehouse multi-retailer distribution systems

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-301

  Li, Jianxiang ^a   Chu, Feng ^b   Chen, Haoxun ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EVRY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Coordination; Inventory; Logistics; Operations Research; Physical distribution; Split delivery

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; FLEET OPERATIONS; LOGISTICS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SALES; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; COORDINATION; COORDINATION POLICIES; DISTRIBUTION POLICIES; INVENTORY; INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEMS; PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPLIT DELIVERY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 78951485843     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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