Towards an IT-based Planning Process Alignment: Integrated Route and Location Planning for Small Package Shippers

Andreas Stenger (), Michael Schneider () and Oliver Wendt ()
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Andreas Stenger: Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael Schneider: Technical University Kaiserslautern
Oliver Wendt: Technical University Kaiserslautern

A chapter in Theory-Guided Modeling and Empiricism in Information Systems Research, 2011, pp 207-221 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Competition in the logistics sector significantly increases driven by high cost pressure and new legal regulations. In particular, the new rules for CO2 emissions increase the pressure on logistics companies to improve their network efficiency. On the strategic level, the network efficiency of small package shippers (SPS) mainly depends on the locations of hubs and depots. Since customer demand as well as customer locations vary within the planning horizon of a strategic decision, which is about 10-15 years, a reasonable approximation of those values and a powerful planning tool are required.

Keywords: Greedy Randomize Adaptive Search Proce; Variable Neighborhood Search; Vehicle Route Problem; Route Planning; Tabu Search Heuristic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2781-1_11

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