Short term storage of goods in cross-docking operations

Iris F.A. Vis and Kees Jan Roodbergen
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Iris F.A. Vis: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics

No 19, Serie Research Memoranda from VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics

Abstract: Cross docking is one of the options to reduce lead times and inventories and to improve customer response time in supply chains. Cross-docking centres are dynamic environments where products arrive, are regrouped, and leave the same day. In this paper we focus on the process of short-term storage of unit-Ioads in a cross-docking environment. The goal is to determine temporary storage locations for incoming unit loads such that the travel distances of the forklift trucks with these unit loads are minimised. We model this problem as a navel application of the minimum cast flow problem and show the applicability of the model for different types of layouts and priorities.

Keywords: Supply chain management; Storage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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