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An Optimal Control Policy for Crossdocking Terminals

In: Operations Research Proceedings 2005

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  • Matthias Stickel

    (Universität Karlsruhe (TH))

  • Kai Furmans

    (Universität Karlsruhe (TH))

Abstract

Summary Crossdocking terminals are transhipment facilities without stock, for the rapid consolidation and shipment of products. The difference to traditional distribution centers is the complete elimination of all storage functions. In consequence of this elimination the incoming and outgoing shipments have to be exactly coordinated to achieve a transshipment operation at minimum cost. This paper describes a mixed-integer model for a centralized optimal control policy for crossdocking facilities, which takes into account the shipments of goods to the crossdocking terminal, the transfers inside the terminal as well as the shipments to the customers. A Branch-and-Bound algorithm has been applied to obtain an exact solution for the optimization model which is tested on different data sets. The results show that an exact solution can be obtained for small instances. Finally, the results for a decomposed model are presented. The decomposition yields faster results for larger instances and therefore is more applicable in practice.

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  • Matthias Stickel & Kai Furmans, 2006. "An Optimal Control Policy for Crossdocking Terminals," Operations Research Proceedings, in: Hans-Dietrich Haasis & Herbert Kopfer & Jörn Schönberger (ed.), Operations Research Proceedings 2005, pages 79-84, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:oprchp:978-3-540-32539-0_13
    DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32539-5_13
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    1. Dirk Briskorn & Malte Fliedner & Martin Tschöke, 2021. "Vehicle Sequencing at Transshipment Terminals with Handover Relations," INFORMS Journal on Computing, INFORMS, vol. 33(2), pages 477-494, May.
    2. Ladier, Anne-Laure & Alpan, Gülgün, 2016. "Cross-docking operations: Current research versus industry practice," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 145-162.

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