State of the Practice: A Review of the Application of OR/MS in Freight Transportation

Michael F. Gorman (), John-Paul Clarke (), Amir Hossein Gharehgozli (), Michael Hewitt (), René de Koster () and Debjit Roy ()
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Michael F. Gorman: University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45419
John-Paul Clarke: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Amir Hossein Gharehgozli: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Michael Hewitt: Information Systems and Operations Management, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60611
René de Koster: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Debjit Roy: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015, India

Interfaces, 2014, vol. 44, issue 6, 535-554

Abstract: Freight transportation is an important part of the global supply chain. As distances shipped grow and supply chains become more complex and fragile, operations research (OR) can play an important role in improving the efficiency and robustness of supply networks. This article describes the state of the practice in OR and freight transportation, highlighting recent successful and widely used analytical techniques in oceanic transportation and port operations, and barge, freight rail, intermodal, truckload, less than truckload, and air freight transportation, as well as the use of OR techniques in third-party logistics.

Keywords: freight transportation; oceanic; air; rail; truck freight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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