The use of internal cross-docking in just-in-time plants

Mohammed Hichame Benbitour () and Evren Sahin ()
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Mohammed Hichame Benbitour: LGI - Laboratoire Génie Industriel - EA 2606 - CentraleSupélec
Evren Sahin: LGI - Laboratoire Génie Industriel - EA 2606 - CentraleSupélec

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Abstract: We study the use of internal cross-docking in Just-in-Time plants. The considered plants consist of a cross-docking zone, a picking zone and assembly lines. The cross-docking zone is used to receive, store (temporarily) and ship pallets. Pallets are then broken into cases and stored in the picking zone which supplies the assembly lines. Cross-docking is used instead of mass storage in order to accelerate the physical flows of pallets. In this paper, we introduce different cross-docking policies (set of rules which specify how to store pallets) commonly used in practice. A cross-docking cost evaluation model is developed in order to compare the cross-docking policies considered in terms of required labour and surface costs.

Keywords: in-house logistics; cross-docking; just-in-time; picking; facilities planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-06-27
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Published in 12e Conférence Internationale de Modélisation, Optimisation et Simulation, Jun 2018, Toulouse, France

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