This paper quantifies how real-time access to information on the arrival status of packages consigned from overseas for subsequent truck transportation can contribute to the efficiency of international couriers' ground delivery operations. The contribution is quantified by determining the...

In this research, we develop an integrated model that combines ready mixed concrete (RMC) production scheduling and truck dispatching in the same framework. The model is formulated as a mixed integer network flow problem with side constraints, which is characterized as NP-hard. To solve...

A game theoretic model, integrated with passenger's international choice behavior, for the competition between international airlines is developed and used to identify the role of competing service quality. The empirical evidence suggests that safety, convenience and service quality have a major...

We study a variation of the packing-delivery problem, which involves K distinct products, a single capacitated truck, and a fixed sequence of customer locations to be visited. We show that the non-split version of the problem is strongly polynomial solvable. For the split delivery case, we...

The deployment of real-time matching mechanisms over the Internet provides many potential advantages. The variety of matching mechanisms makes it difficult to select a proper matching mechanism for a certain context. The research in this paper aims at improving our understanding of the strengths...

This paper addresses efficient berth and crane allocation scheduling at a multi-user container terminal. First, we introduce a formulation for the simultaneous berth and crane allocation problem. Next, by employing genetic algorithm we develop a heuristic to find an approximate solution for the...

Metropolitan scale studies of transport-based air pollution have emphasized inputs from the passenger vehicle fleet, with minimal attention given to the role of urban goods movement. Furthermore, little is known about the spatial distribution of transport related emissions. This study uses an...

This paper uses 4080 observations from the Swedish Maritime Administration (1996-2001) to test how vessel's characteristics influence the length of time between two port state control inspections (PSC) along with the number of deficiencies detected during PSC. It also investigates whether a ship...

Collaborative production-distribution planning problem in supply chain systems is dealt with in this paper. A multi-objective linear programming model is developed in this concern. In order to reflect the collaborative planning issues to the model and to provide a more realistic model structure,...

The research applies the "fit" as gestalt perspective to supply chain management. Constructed on clustering supply chain information technology and organizational structure variables, six archetypes are identified: (1) Simple, Low Performers; (2) Market Performers; (3) Average Players: Large and...