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Integrated fleet mix and routing decision for hazmat transportation: a developing country perspective
(Elsevier, 2018-01-01)
In developing countries, truck purchase cost is the dominant criteria for fleet acquisition-related decisions.
However, we contend that other cost factors such as loss due to the number of en route truck
stoppages based ...
Investigating the environmental and economic impact of loading conditions and repositioning strategies for pallet pooling providers
(Elsevier, 2018-01-20)
Pallets are fundamental assets critical to worldwide supply chain logistics. This research develops models
for closed-loop pallet pooling providers to understand the environmental and economic impact of
customer ...
Proactive vs. reactive order-fulfillment resource allocation for sea-based logistics
(Elsevier pvt Ltd., 2018-06)
We study proactive and reactive sea-based order-fulfillment decisions for a set of SKUs. In such
systems, a proactive strategy may be more costly than a reactive strategy and variable marginal
costs change with respect ...
Integrated storage-order picking systems: technology, performance models, and design insights
(Elsevier, 2018-11)
In many warehouses shuttle-based technologies have replaced the traditional AS/R system based storage
technologies. The impact these systems have on downstream order picking performance is largely
unknown. To study the ...
Stochastic modeling of unloading and loading operations at a container terminal using automated lifting vehicles
(Elsevier, 2018-05-01)
With the growing worldwide trade, container terminals have grown in number and size. To increase operational efficiency, many new terminals are now automated. The key focus is on improving seaside processes, where a ...
Design, modeling, and analysis of vertical robotic storage and retrieval systems
(Transportation Science, 2018)
Autonomous vehicle-based storage and retrieval systems are commonly used in many fulfillment centers (e.g., e-commerce warehouses), because they allow a high- and flexible-throughput capacity. In these systems, roaming ...
Solving semi-open queuing networks with time-varying arrivals: an application in container terminal landside operations
(Elsevier, 2018-06-16)
Semi-open queuing networks (SOQNs) are widely applied to measure the performance of manufacturing, logistics, communications, restaurant, and health care systems. Many of these systems observe variability in the customer ...
Sandwichworkz - The Fusion Street Café: A Teaching Note
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-08)
ULTRON: Managing Warehouse Space and Item Obsolescence: A Teaching Note
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-03-31)
Sandwichworkz - The Fusion Street Café
(Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2018-01-08)
Takshshila, the owner of Sandwichworkz, a trendy restaurant in Ahmedabad, India, is worried about the diminishing profitability of her restaurant. Recent promotional offers have increased the footfall, but not profitability. ...