Analogies between Internet network and ‎logistics service networks: challenges ‎involved in the interconnection

Rochdi Sarraj (), Eric Ballot (), Shenle Pan () and Benoit Montreuil ()
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Rochdi Sarraj: CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Eric Ballot: CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Shenle Pan: CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Benoit Montreuil: CIRRELT - Laboratoire CIRRELT Université Laval Quebec - ULaval - Université Laval [Québec]

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Abstract: Logistics networks that are currently formed by supply chains are intertwined but remain ‎heterogeneous and not very interconnected. In computer networks, this stage was overtaken with ‎the arrival of Internet. In this paper we explore the possible analogies and transpositions between ‎computer networks, in particular Internet, and logistics service networks. To this end, a new ‎logistical concept was proposed: The Physical Internet that aims at the interconnection of logistics ‎service networks. In fact, there are strong similarities between these networks despite of the basic ‎differences in the type of objects that prevent an integral transposition. To illustrate the pertinence ‎of this analogy, this paper illustrates the interconnection potential of logistics networks with a ‎stylised model. In view of the exploratory nature of this work, this impact will be assessed by ‎means of an analytic model based on a method of continuous approximations. This illustration ‎provides an indication of the potential inherent in the interconnection of logistics networks.‎

Keywords: Supply chain; network; Physical Internet; analogy; interconnection; continuous ‎approximations‎ (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-09-12
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Published in Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2012, ⟨10.1007/s10845-012-0697-7⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10845-012-0697-7

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