Studying Two-Stage Vehicle Scheduling at Distribution Center Based on Cross-Docking Model

Jing Gao () and Ju-hong Gao ()
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Jing Gao: University of Tianjin
Ju-hong Gao: University of Tianjin

Chapter Chapter 30 in Proceedings of 2012 3rd International Asia Conference on Industrial Engineering and Management Innovation (IEMI2012), 2013, pp 291-299 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The reasonable arrangement of the time of inbound trucks’ arrival at the distribute center was very important to ensure the smooth circulation of goods and cost reduction. The course of unloading and sorting were regarded as two stage flow shop in the Cross-docking (CD) environment including only one door and one conveyor, applying the Johnson algorithm to solve the problem of minimizing working hour of goods (work piece). Finally, according to a distribution center’ order data, the minimum time required for sorting all the batch of goods was calculated, and the optimum sequence of inbound trucks was obtained, which can provide guidance for CD practice.

Keywords: Cross-docking; Johnson Algorithm; Sorting; Two-stage Flow Shop; Vehicle Scheduling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33012-4_30

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