Design of a two-echelon freight distribution system in an urban area considering third-party logistics and loading-unloading zones

• Main Authors: YU, Vincent F., WINARNO, LIN, Shih-Wei, GUNAWAN, Aldy
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Two-echelon freight distribution system; Third-party logistics; Loading–unloading​ zones; Simulated annealing; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7126; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8129/viewcontent/1_s2.0_S1568494620306451_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This research examines the problem of designing a two-echelon freight distribution system in a dense urban area that considers third-party logistics (TPL) and loading–unloading zones (LUZs). The proposed system takes advantage of outsourcing the last mile deliveries to a TPL provider and utilizing L...