Journal
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Volume 72, Issue -, Pages 43-49Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2014.03.002
Keywords
Less-than-truckload; Satellite cross-dock; Material handling; Mixed-integer programming; Heuristics
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In a less-than-truckload logistic network, the satellite cross-dock is in charge of local deliveries. These terminals operate in two separate shifts: consolidating pickup freight for overnight shipments and processing received products for early morning deliveries. Satellite cross-docks are flexible when scheduling trucks and where the priority is to minimize handling cost. In this paper, we formalize cross-docking process by presenting a mathematical model. We develop a sequential priority-based heuristic algorithm to deal with practical problems. Numerical results show the stability of the heuristic method for fairly large size problems. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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