Milk Run Design: Definitions, Concepts and Solution Approaches
Efficient inbound networks in the European automotive industry rely on a set of different transport concepts including milk runs - understood as regularly scheduled pickup tours. The complexity of designing such a mixed network makes decision support necessary: In this book we provide definitions, m...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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KIT Scientific Publishing
2017
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| Series: | Wissenschaftliche Berichte des Instituts für Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |
| Summary: | Efficient inbound networks in the European automotive industry rely on a set of different transport concepts including milk runs - understood as regularly scheduled pickup tours. The complexity of designing such a mixed network makes decision support necessary: In this book we provide definitions, mathematical models and a solution method for the Milk Run Design problem and introduce indicators assessing the performance of established milk runs in relation to alternative transport concepts. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 267 p. p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783731505662 KSP/1000057833 |
| Access: | Open Access |