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Integrating Micro-Depot Freight Transport in Existing Public Transport Services
Hörsting, Lena; Cleophas, Catherine - In: Operations Research Forum 4 (2023) 3
As conventional last-mile transport contributes to traffic congestion and pollution, urban areas need new approaches to transporting freight. One promising idea is integrating freight deliveries with existing public transport infrastructures like light rail. However, this concept creates the...
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Comportamento do mercado de preços de fretes rodoviários de açúcar para exportação no Estado de São Paulo
Carvalho, Leandro Bernardino de; Filho, Jose Vicente Caixeta - 2007
the transportation service are defined according to the moment at which the actual demand occurs, and also depending on …
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South Africa's freight transport involvement options in Sub-Saharan Africa : declining infrastructure and regulatory constraints
De Bod, Anneke - 2008
trade, grow the economy and reduce poverty in Sub-SaharanAfrica (SSA). SSA transportation related infrastructure is limited …
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Product warranty logistics: Issues and challenges
Murthy, D. N. P.; Solem, O.; Roren, T. - 2004
Warranty is an important element of marketing new products. The servicing of warranty results in additional costs to the manufacturer. Warranty logistics deals with various issues relating to the servicing of warranty. Proper management of warranty logistics is needed not only to reduce the...
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Towards more efficient logistics: increasing load factor in a shipper’s road transport
Santén, Vendela - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 28 (2017) 2, pp. 228-250
reduce both environmental impact and transportation costs. The purpose of this paper is to explore how shippers can increase …
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Transportation concerns of foreign firms in China
Ta, Huu‐Phuong; Choo, Hwee‐Ling; Sum, Chee‐Chuong - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 30 (2000) 1, pp. 35-54
their goods in China. Identifies the transportation problems faced by foreign firms operating in China and examines the … Singapore‐based manufacturing firms that have operations in China. The survey results show that some transportation problems … degree of satisfaction for the transportation of goods in China. Also identifies the actions taken by the firms that were …
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Developing a framework for evaluating the logistics costs in global sourcing processes : An implementation and insights
Zeng, Amy Z.; Rossetti, Christian - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 33 (2003) 9, pp. 785-803
spreadsheets and offers substantial flexibility to accommodate assessment of various transportation alternatives and sensitivity …
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Rectilinear minimax hub location problems
M. O’Kelly - In: Journal of Geographical Systems 11 (2009) 3, pp. 227-241
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The paired many-to-many pickup and delivery problem: an application
Chen, Huey-Kuo; Chou, Huey-Wen; Hsueh, Che-Fu; Yu, Yen-Ju - In: TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of … 23 (2015) 1, pp. 220-243
This paper addresses a variation of pickup and delivery problems, named the paired many-to-many pickup and delivery problem (PMPDP), which has never been formally classified in the literature. Given “paired” demands between customer nodes, the PMPDP is to find a set of feasible vehicle...
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The Use of Cost Information in Frozen Food Logistics
Durak, Mustafa Gürol; Ünverdi, İdil - In: Business and Economics Research Journal 5 (2014) 4, pp. 19-41
Transportation of different kinds of products to different locations is an activity that requires specialization. From … logistics activities (goods reception, storage, demand collection and transportation) done in the frame of operational framework …
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