Optimization of Empty Pallets Dispatching Based on Different Transportation Modes

Zhou Kang (), He Shiwei (), Song Rui (), Yin Weichuan () and Cheng Lingyan ()
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Zhou Kang: School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
He Shiwei: School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
Song Rui: MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation Complex Systems Theory and Technology, Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
Yin Weichuan: School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China
Cheng Lingyan: School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, China

Journal of Systems Science and Information, 2017, vol. 5, issue 2, 97-110

Abstract: In the pallet pool system, the differentiation of palletized freight volumes in different regions and seasonal transport of certain goods lead to the imbalance of pallets distribution among regions. It is necessary to improve the utilization of pallets through dispatching. The paper analyzes the factors which affect empty pallets dispatching, it includes carbon emission, transportation time and pallet type based on the pallet pool mode of enterprise alliance. On this basis, the optimization model is established with the goal of minimum total dispatching cost. Then, according to the different influences of railway and highway in transportation cost, the dispatching scheme is analyzed and the transportation mode of empty pallets dispatching is determined. Considering the characteristics of model, Cplex is used to solve it. Finally, a case is used to verify the feasibility and superiority of reasonable empty pallets dispatching in different transportation modes, and the transport characteristics of two transportation modes are analyzed. Moreover, the costs of pallets leasing and dispatching are compared.

Keywords: freight; dispatching optimization; ILOG Cplex; pallets; pallet pool; stochastic constraint (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.21078/JSSI-2017-097-14

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