Operational Transportation Planning of Modern Freight Forwarding Companies Vehicle Routing under Consideration of Subcontracting and Request Exchange
Description
Modern freight forwarding companies attempt to cooperate with each other to increase their efficiency. Xin Wang studies the new operational transportation planning problems that arise in the context of cooperation in both static and dynamic scenarios. To achieve the cost-savings embedded in cooperation, novel planning approaches that can help forwarders obtaining high-quality solutions are proposed. Computational studies show considerable benefits that can be achieved through cooperation.
Keywords
Business & EconomicsOperations ResearchProduction & Operations ManagementDecision-Making & Problem SolvingManagement
2014Book
Author(s)Xin Wang
PublisherSpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
ISBN9783658068684
LanguageEnglish
