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A non-linear traffic flow-based queuing model to estimate container terminal throughput with AGVs
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Efficient handling of containers at a terminal can reduce the overall vessel sojourn times and minimise operational costs. The internal transport of containers in these terminals is performed by vehicles that share a common ...
A nested semi-open queuing network model for analyzing dine-in restaurant performance
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
Low customer wait times at restaurants can improve both customer walk-ins and satisfaction levels. To manage customer wait times, the operators need a thorough understanding of how restaurant design parameters such as the ...
Cost-effective pallet management strategies
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
The existing industry strategies for managing pallets, (single-use expendable pallets, buy/sell programs, and leased pallet pooling programs), are analyzed and compared using push and pull inventory control policies. A ...
Trucking business management: cases and concepts
(McGraw-Hill Education New Delhi, 2016)
Trucking Business Management is a compilation of cases authored by professors and researchers of IIM Ahmedabad in the field of road transportation. It is an attempt to fill the business-practice gap and impart a professional ...
A multi-tier linking approach to analyze performance of vehicle-based warehouse systems
(SSRN, 2016-03-01)
To improve operational flexibility, throughput capacity, and responsiveness in order fulfillment operations, several distribution centers are implementing autonomous vehicle-based storage and retrieval (AVS/R) system in ...
Carbon footprint analysis of pallet remanufacturing
(Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016-07-10)
This research is the first attempt to characterize the carbon equivalent emissions associated with pallet remanufacturing operations for two repositioning scenarios (cross-docking and take-back), and under multiple levels ...
Semi-open queuing networks: a review of stochastic models, solution methods and new research areas
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
Capturing the waiting times (at an external queue) for a customer to access a movable resource is an important step towards measuring customer service and system performance in manufacturing, logistics, communication and ...
A simulation framework for studying blocking effects in warehouse systems with autonomous vehicles
(European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2016-04-02)
Autonomous vehicles-based storage and retrieval systems (AVS/RS)
have been shown to offer greater flexibility to improve cycle time and
throughput capacity in the transfer of unit loads in high-density storage areas ...
A multi-tier linking approach to analyse performance of vehicle-based warehouse systems
(SSRN, 2016-04)
To improve operational flexibility, throughput capacity, and responsiveness in order fulfillment operations, several distribution centers are implementing autonomous vehicle-based storage and retrieval (AVS/R) system in ...
Throughput matching algorithm and stochastic models for analysis of open and closed manufacturing systems
(SSRN, 2016-02)
Order release policies such as card-controlled CONWIP policy aim at improving system responsiveness and minimizing system-wide inventory levels. It is not clear if order release policies (without card control) can be equally ...