Development of a logistic resource allocation system

Accord Logistics is a third party logistics provider (3PL) with a large number of clients in the Asia Pacific. Currently, there is no workload balancing system in Accord and to maximize resource utilization and cost reduction in warehouse operations, the team proposes to develop a resource allocatio...

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Main Authors: Pey, Zhao Wen, Su, Zhixing, Wang, Zuozheng
Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Published: 2014
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-606702020-11-01T11:38:52Z Development of a logistic resource allocation system Pey, Zhao Wen Su, Zhixing Wang, Zuozheng School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Singapore-MIT Alliance Programme DRNTU::Engineering::Manufacturing Accord Logistics is a third party logistics provider (3PL) with a large number of clients in the Asia Pacific. Currently, there is no workload balancing system in Accord and to maximize resource utilization and cost reduction in warehouse operations, the team proposes to develop a resource allocation system that will be interfaced with the current warehouse management system (WMS). The daily workload will be quantified in term of man-hours, allowing the warehouse executives to schedule the tasks efficiently for the warehouse assistants. The required resources required will be allocated based on the proposed optimized algorithms. ​Master of Science (IMST) 2014-05-29T05:26:18Z 2014-05-29T05:26:18Z 2005 2005 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60670 en 115 p. application/pdf
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Development of a logistic resource allocation system
description Accord Logistics is a third party logistics provider (3PL) with a large number of clients in the Asia Pacific. Currently, there is no workload balancing system in Accord and to maximize resource utilization and cost reduction in warehouse operations, the team proposes to develop a resource allocation system that will be interfaced with the current warehouse management system (WMS). The daily workload will be quantified in term of man-hours, allowing the warehouse executives to schedule the tasks efficiently for the warehouse assistants. The required resources required will be allocated based on the proposed optimized algorithms.
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Pey, Zhao Wen
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Su, Zhixing
Wang, Zuozheng
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title Development of a logistic resource allocation system
title_short Development of a logistic resource allocation system
title_full Development of a logistic resource allocation system
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title_full_unstemmed Development of a logistic resource allocation system
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