Transshipments through Crossdocks with Inventory and Time Windows

• Main Authors: LIM, Andrew, MIAO, Zhaowei, RODRIGUES, Brian, XU, Zhou
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: transshipment; crossdocks; scheduling; supply chain; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/563; https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.20113
• Institution: Singapore Management University

A major challenge in making supply meet demand is to coordinate transshipments across the supply chain to reduce costs and increase service levels in the face of demand fluctuations, short lead times, warehouse limitations, and transportation and inventory costs. In particular, transshipment through...