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A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time

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  • Wenxue Ran
  • Zhe Zhang
  • Sen Liu

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The delivery time of order has become an important fact for customers to evaluate logistics services. Due to the diverse and large quantities of orders in the background of electronic commerce, how to improve the flexibility of distribution hub and reduce the waiting time of customers becomes one of the most challenging questions for logistics companies. With this in mind, this paper proposes a new method of flexibility assessment in distribution hub by introducing cost weighted time (CWT). The advantages of supply hub operation mode in delivery flexibility are verified by the approach: the mode has pooling effects and uniform distribution characteristics; these traits can reduce overlapping delivery time to improve the flexibility in the case of two suppliers. Numerical examples show that the supply hub operation mode is more flexible than decentralized distribution operation mode in multidelivery cycles.

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  • Wenxue Ran & Zhe Zhang & Sen Liu, 2017. "A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time," Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Hindawi, vol. 2017, pages 1-9, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnddns:9470943
    DOI: 10.1155/2017/9470943
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    1. Yingyan Zhao & Yihong Zhou & Wu Deng, 2020. "Innovation Mode and Optimization Strategy of B2C E-Commerce Logistics Distribution under Big Data," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-13, April.

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