This purpose of this paper is to present a methodology for optimally planning long-haul road transport activities through proper aggregation of customer orders in separate full-truckload or less-than-truckload shipments in order to minimize total transportation costs.
Purpose – To present a decision support system (DSS) enabling the analysis of the cost-effectiveness of direct-shipping long-haul road transport policies, including full truck load (FTL) and less than truck load (LTL) modes, and to select the optimal carrier. Design/methodology/approach – Analytical estimation of transportation costs is provided in a framework including an interactive c…