Impact of different unloading zone locations in transshipment terminals under various forklift dispatching rules

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1658-1667

  Clausen, Uwe ^a   Kaffka, Jan ^a   Diekmann, Daniel ^a   Mest, Larissa ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPATCHING RULES; FLEET CONTROL; HANDLING COSTS; INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION; LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD; MATERIAL FLOW; PROFIT MARGIN; UNLOADING ZONES;

PROFITABILITY; TRAVEL TIME; UNLOADING;

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84858054282     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2011.6147882     Document Type: Conference Paper

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