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Truck scheduling in cross-docking warehouse including multiple dock doors

Akbari, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology | 2013

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. Publisher: Curran Associates Inc , 2013
  3. Abstract:
  4. Cross-docking is a new logistic technique that brings considerable benefits such as low inventory level, customer satisfaction, etc. To achieve these benefits, coordination between transportation facilities is quite important. This paper studies both inbound and outbound scheduling problem and assignment of products from inbound truck to outbound trucks in a cross-docking warehouse including multiple receiving and shipping dock doors. To do so, an MILP model is developed, which is NP-hard. Thus, a GA algorithm is developed and has been strengthened with two proposed neighborhood search to tackle the developed problem in medium and large size instances. Finally, numerical results of three algorithms, the classic GA and the ones improved using the two proposed neighborhood search, are compared in order to show outperformance of the proposed search procedures
  5. Keywords:
  6. Supply chain ; Customer satisfaction ; Docks ; Genetic algorithms ; Hydraulic structures ; Industrial engineering ; Logistics ; Scheduling ; Supply chains ; Warehouses ; Cross-dock ; Meta heuristics ; Mixed integer programming ; Neighborhood search ; Scheduling problem ; Search procedures ; Transportation facilities ; Truck scheduling ; Trucks
  7. Source: Proceedings of International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, CIE ; Volume 2 , October , 2013 , Pages 746-758 ; 21648689 (ISSN) ; 9781629934372 (ISBN)