Distribution Logistics Advanced Solutions to Practical Problems /
The complexity of distribution systems is augmented by various trends: globalization of the manufacturing industry, rising customer demands, and the reverse flows within closed-loop systems. In this light, the need for ‘advanced’ planning methods that are based on quantitative optimization is consta...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2005.
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| Series: | Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems,
544 |
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- 1: Networks
- An Exact Column Generation Approach to the Capacitated Facility Location Problem
- Modelling Warehouses in Logistical Networks
- Supply Chain Optimisation in Animal Husbandry
- Online-Shopping and Changes in Mobility
- 2: Vehicle Routing
- A Real-time Vehicle Routing Model for a Courier Service Problem
- Collection of Waste with Single Load Trucks: A Real Case
- Planning and Controlling Daily Deliveries to the Same Clients: Problems and Adequate Solutions
- Planning the Incorporation of Logistics Service Providers to Fulfill Precedence- and Time Window-Constrained Transport Requests in a Most Profitable Way
- 3: Warehousing
- Vehicle Online Dispatching Rules in Practice
- Travel Distance Estimation in Single-block ABC-Storage Strategy Warehouses
- 4: Reverse Logistics
- The Impact of Constraints in Closed-loop Supply Chains: The Case of Reusing Components in Product Manufacturing
- E-business and Circular Supply Chains: Increased Business Opportunities by IT-based Customer Oriented Return-flow Management
- Reverse Logistics: A Review of Case Studies
- List of Contributors.
