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Modeling and design of container terminal operations
(Informs, 2020-04-23)
The design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect operational performance. These factors include numerous choices for handling technology, terminal topology, and design parameters and ...
Modeling landside container terminal queues: Exact analysis and approximations
(Elsevier, 2022-06-07)
With the growth of ocean transport and with increasing vessel sizes, managing congestion at the landside of container terminals has become a major challenge. The landside of a sea terminal handles containers that arrive ...
Dynamic vehicle allocation policies for shared autonomous electric fleets
(INFORMS, 2022-03-31)
In the future, vehicle sharing platforms for passenger transport will be unmanned, autonomous, and electric. These platforms must decide which vehicle should
pick up which type of customer based on the vehicle’s battery ...
Loading and unloading trains at the landside of container terminals
(Springer, 2022-02-25)
We study the operational problem of loading and unloading trains at a container terminal. Trains are served by two gantry cranes which spread over multiple trains on parallel tracks at the terminal landside. Multiple ...
Restaurant analytics: emerging practice and research opportunities
(Wiley, 2022-07-21)
Smart technologies and increased data availability enable restaurateurs to gather more information about customers and their behavior. These data can be combined with data from other sources to make a wide range of strategic ...
Exploring the role of IoT in worker safety and productivity
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-06-03)
This paper analyses the role of the Internet of Things in increasing worker safety and
productivity as well as improving performance appraisal methods in the factory setup. It
examines how IoT can be used to benefit both ...
Impact of covid-19 disruptions on the supply chain:insights from India
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2022-06-03)
Supply Chains play very important role in driving the economy of the country. COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have disrupted the supply chains of various firms. It has been estimated that the total cost of supply ...
Changing landscape of logistics in India with Multimodal logistics parks
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023-02)
Logistics costs in India account for a higher proportion of total value of goods compared to other
developed countries. According to the Ministry of Road Transportation and Highways (MoRTH), it
was around 13-14% in 2015 ...
Rise of quick commerce in India: business models And infrastructure requirements
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2023-03)
The democratisation of mobile internet, increase in e-commerce penetration and omnichannel
distribution has led to an expansion of the e-commerce industry. The COVID19 pandemic
and the subsequent control measures like ...
Zoning strategies for human–robot collaborative picking
(Wiley, 2023-12-20)
During the last decade, several retailers have started to combine traditional store deliveries with the fulfillment of online sales to consumers from omni-channel warehouses, which are increasingly being automated. A popular ...