Operational transportation planning of modern freight forwarding companies : vehicle routing under consideration of subcontracting and request exchange / Xin Wang ; foreword by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Kopfer.
"Modern freight forwarding companies attempt to cooperate with each other to increase their efficiency. Xin Wang studies the new operational transportation planning problems that arise in the context of cooperation in both static and dynamic scenarios. To achieve the cost-savings embedded in co...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden :
Springer Gabler,
[2015]
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| Series: | Produktion und Logistik.
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "Modern freight forwarding companies attempt to cooperate with each other to increase their efficiency. Xin Wang studies the new operational transportation planning problems that arise in the context of cooperation in both static and dynamic scenarios. To achieve the cost-savings embedded in cooperation, novel planning approaches that can help forwarders obtaining high-quality solutions are proposed. Computational studies show considerable benefits that can be achieved through cooperation."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 161 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 3658068698 9783658068691 |