Time coordination and cross docking decisions in a decentralized distribution system.

• Main Author: Chay, Yiowmin.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Operations management::Supply chain management
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/7926
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This research considers the coordination and cross docking decision in a two echelon decentralized distribution system, in which the vendor supplies a single product to a group of different buyers. The vendors and buyers are independent economic agents, each aiming to maximize their own profit.