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An integrated model for designing and optimising an international logistics network

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Supply-chain configuration has recently gained increasing attention both from the practitioner’s perspective and as a research area. This paper proposes an integrated model for designing and optimising international logistics networks. It consists of a mixed integer linear programming model and a data-mapping section (i.e. methodological guidelines for gathering and processing the data necessary to set up the model). It has been specifically developed for solving the configuration problem for supply chains characterised by a complexity level typical of real-life global logistics networks. Although this topic is well understood and well elaborated at a technical level in the extant literature, it still presents obstacles in practice especially in terms of dealing with real-life complexity, service-level constraints and data mapping. Thus, we developed our integrated approach with the aim to fill these gaps. We designed our model for dealing with multiple-layer, single location-layer, multiple-commodity and time-constrained logistics networks, to be implemented in a single period time horizon and in a deterministic environment. The proposed approach represents an innovative contribution to the existing body of scientific knowledge and facilitates the data gathering and processing activities, which are largely recognised as complex and time-consuming processes for the management of logistics activities.

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Ketersediaan

Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

International Journal of Production Research

No. Panggil

ATC LO ROS a

Penerbit

Italy : Taylor and Francis., 2011

Deskripsi Fisik

16 p .

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

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Klasifikasi

LO

Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

Vol. 50, No. 11, 1 June 2012

Subjek

supply-chain configuration
linear programming
data mapping section
service-level constraint

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Tommaso Rossi

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