Cross-docking is a logistic strategy for moving goods from suppliers to customers via a cross-dock terminal with no permanent storage. The operational planning of a cross-dock facility involves different issues such as ...

Abstract. This work presents an exact method for the Routing-Loading-Scheduling Problem (RoSLoP). The objective of RoSLoP consists of optimizing the delivery process of bottled products in a company study case. RoSLoP, ...

Cross-docking is a logistics technique applied by many industrial firms to get substantial savings in two warehousing costly functions like storage and order picking. Incoming shipments are unloaded from inbound trucks on ...

Cross-docking is a warehousing strategy in logistics used by process industries manufacturing products with high proportions of distribution costs. It is described as the process of moving goods from suppliers to customers ...

In 2006 the Route load balancing algorithm was proposed and compared to other techniques aiming at optimizing the process allocation in grid environments. This algorithm schedules tasks of parallel applications considering ...

Multi-echelon distribution networks are quite common in supply chain and logistics. Deliveries of multiple items from factories to customers are managed by routing and consolidating shipments in warehouses carrying on ...