Prerequisites for the modelling of empty container supply chains

Kuźmicz Katarzyna Anna () and Pesch Erwin ()
Additional contact information
Kuźmicz Katarzyna Anna: Bialystok University of Technology, Faculty of Management, International China and Central-Eastern Europe Institute of Logistics and Service Science, Poland
Pesch Erwin: University of Siegen, Faculty III: School of Economic Disciplines, Management Information Science, Centre for Advanced Studies in Management, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany

Engineering Management in Production and Services, 2017, vol. 9, issue 3, 28-36

Abstract: Containerisation of freight transport significantly facilitates the flow of traded goods between remote destinations. The most important container transport routes link Asia with North America and Europe. The seasonality and imbalance of trade are the main factors giving rise to problems related to empty container repositioning. The aim of this paper is to develop a concept of empty container supply chains and formulate prerequisites for its modelling in the search for the optimal solution with the help of linear programming and mixed integer programming methods. This paper indicates causes of the empty container relocation problem based on the literature analysis with a special focus on the Eurasian transportation route. Also, it provides a concept of empty container supply chain, prerequisites for its modelling and examples of container supply chains modelling presented in the literature. The main results of the paper include conceptualisation of an empty container supply chain and suggested modelling prerequisites. The paper contributes to research in the field of supply chain management and optimisation of transportation.

Keywords: container transportation; supply chains; modelling; optimisation methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1515/emj-2017-0023 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:vrs:ecoman:v:9:y:2017:i:3:p:28-36:n:3

DOI: 10.1515/emj-2017-0023

Access Statistics for this article

Engineering Management in Production and Services is currently edited by Joanna Ejdys

More articles in Engineering Management in Production and Services from Sciendo
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Peter Golla ().