The multi-echelon vehicle routing problem with cross docking in supply chain management

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3002-3024

  Dondo, Rodolfo ^a   Méndez, Carlos A ^a   Cerdá, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cross docking; Distribution networks; Logistics; Supply chain management; Vehicle routing and scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CROSSDOCKING; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HYBRID STRATEGIES; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MIXED-INTEGER; MULTI-ITEM; MULTIECHELON; MULTIPLE ITEMS; OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; PROBLEM INSTANCES; TRANSPORTATION COST; VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DOCKING; LOGISTICS; NETWORK ROUTING; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SALES; WAREHOUSES;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80053916961     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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