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Author : Louis D. Swanson
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Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (79 download)
Download or read book An Introduction to Inbound Freight Consolidation written by Louis D. Swanson and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yi Fang (M. Eng.)
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Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Inbound Freight Consolidation for United States Manufacturers at China written by Yi Fang (M. Eng.) and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, China has become the world factory for a sizable portion of products. Most manufacturing conglomerates in the United States now have contract manufacturing plants in China. Because many of these US companies have implemented a variety of inventory reduction approaches, they are now faced with the expensive transportation of large numbers of low-weight, small- quantity shipments in international inbound transportation, transportation that covers the flows of goods from contract manufacturers (CMs) in China to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the States. While there has been research on consolidation, little attention has been paid to international inbound freight consolidation, which provides a potential savings opportunity in international transportation by combining several small shipments into one large shipment. This paper examines how manufacturers in the United States can use freight consolidation in their international inbound transportation flow from CMs in China. It then explores a framework for designing inbound consolidation, focusing on how to implement inbound consolidation in the context of China's fast-evolving logistics industry.
Author : Daniel Jerome Ford
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Total Pages : 116 pages
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Download or read book Inbound Freight Consolidation written by Daniel Jerome Ford and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In logistics, freight can be consolidated over time (temporally) or over space (spatially). This thesis presents a simulation model to evaluate temporal and spatial consolidation rules. The model is the result of a research project to analyze freight consolidation options for a large industrial company. The research project focused on the company's freight imported from China to the US, and the model presented in the thesis is structured to represent a typical import logistics network. The results section of the thesis presents a method for evaluating consolidation rules. The results recommend temporal consolidation of two weeks at the origin port and temporal consolidation of less than one week at the factory for the company's shipments from China to the US. This consolidation policy offers total network cost savings of 24% over the base case, an immediate ship policy.
Author : Prabir Kumar Bagchi
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Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)
Download or read book An Analysis of the Impact of Freight Consolidation in Inbound Logistics written by Prabir Kumar Bagchi and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank P. Buffa
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Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Inbound Logistics written by Frank P. Buffa and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randolph M. Russell
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Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Effects of Quantity Discounts and Transportation Rate Breaks on Inbound Freight Consolidation Strategies written by Randolph M. Russell and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lee J. Krajewski
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Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Optimal Inbound Consolidation Policies with Transportation Economies and Price-quantity Discounts written by Lee J. Krajewski and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathleen A. Lindsey
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Download or read book Improving Freight Consolidation Networks Using IP-based Local Search written by Kathleen A. Lindsey and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation addresses problems arising in freight routing and scheduling where full truckload (FTL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers are used to serve transportation needs. Each of the problems investigated in this dissertation tries to optimize/maximize consolidation to decrease system transportation costs by (1) carefully choosing the timing and path of freight and/or (2) introducing consolidation points. Approaches are proposed that enable effective planning and operation of freight routing and scheduling for large-scale transportation networks. Chapter 2 presents solution approaches for a shipper pickup and delivery planning problem faced by many large retailers to move freight from suppliers to distribution centers. Each shipment is moved either direct via a LTL carrier or possibly consolidated with other shipments and moved by one or two FTL routes. When using a FTL carrier, the shipper takes advantage of contracted lane rates that establish prices per mile for a truck operated between two locations that are significantly less than the comparable LTL price for shipping a full truckload. Consolidated FTL routes may each visit multiple shipment origins (supplier locations) and/or destinations (distribution center locations). Additionally, FTL routes may move shipments through a single crossdock facility en route. The challenge in this planning problem is to exploit as much as possible negotiated truckload lane rates and to judiciously make use of routes through crossdock facilities to consolidate shipments. The primary contributions of this section are that (1) an interesting new problem variant is introduced to the field of transportation and logistics that is important in practice and (2) the solution approach demonstrates that exploiting knowledge of the problem and solution structure to cleverly select subsets of path variables for evaluation during each iteration of an integer programming based local search heuristic is effective on path-based routing models. Chapter 3 evaluates how to route each customer shipment through a sequence of transfer terminals in a LTL carrier network. At each terminal stop, a shipment is unloaded from an inbound trailer and reloaded onto an outbound trailer. A load plan determines the specific sequence of terminal transfers to be used for freight moving between each origin and destination. The design of the load plan determines the linehaul transportation and handling costs required to serve customers. We develop an improved very large-scale neighborhood search heuristic for solving an integer programming model for load plan design. The main contributions of this section include (1) the investigation of the pros and cons of optimizing system-wide into a single destination versus optimizing freight for all destinations in a small region, and (2) a solution approach that can find load plans with costs 6 to 7\% lower than those used in practice, and can find 2.5 to 5\% additional cost savings using the same time budget when compared to an approach optimizing system-wide into a single destination. Chapter 4 addresses a strategic planning problem that extends the load plan design problem to consider terminal roles. We investigate two-stage approaches that first identify the set of transfer terminals and then develop the corresponding load plan. Computational results compare the terminals chosen as transfer facilities from the proposed integer programming based local search method with a traditional hub location formulation and a simple facility location formulation to depict the benefits gained from modeling additional information. The key contributions of this section are (1) the introduction of a new hub location problem variant incorporating freight dispatch timing and trailer transportation cost characteristics found in the LTL trucking industry and (2) a solution approach utilizing IP-based local search that demonstrates the importance of incorporating freight dispatch timing. Finally, Chapter 5 summarizes the main conclusions from this dissertation and discusses directions for further research.
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Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Inbound Traffic Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1983-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malcolm J. Newbourne
Publisher : Ubm Global Trade
ISBN 13 : 9780874080049
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Freight Consolidation for Shippers written by Malcolm J. Newbourne and published by Ubm Global Trade. This book was released on 1976 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Heng Zhou
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Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (895 download)
Download or read book Inventory Management and Inbound Logistics Optimization for a Food Processing Company written by Heng Zhou and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inbound logistics can be described as a process where large sets of raw materials from numerous vendors are transported to their designated factories to fulfill the production needs. Traditionally, more emphasis has been put on outbound logistics management. Inbound logistics share the same important role as the outbound one since it'll determine the raw material purchasing price from each vendor for the company. This work focuses on the inventory management and network distribution design part by measuring the new inventory holding policy and transportation strategy adopted for a food processing company in the Midwest. The current inventory management situation of the company is that too much safety inventory amount has been carried. Regarding to the inbound logistics, the raw material vendors seldom do the freight consolidation, as a result more trucks have to be dispatched to fulfill the production needs of the factories. First a normal distribution inventory consumption model will be introduced to calculate the optimal safety inventory amount in the inventory management part. Next in the transportation network design part, Gurobi linear optimization tool will be used to determine the best consolidation location for each particular material. A "Grouping method" based on different constraints will be adopted to transport goods from consolidation points to their designated factories. After the implementation of the new inventory management strategies, the new safety inventory amount has been dramatically cut down which will lead to a much lower inventory holding cost for the company. Also through the consolidation and grouping processes for the raw material, we are able to fully utilize the capacity of each truck and dramatically decrease the truck dispatching times to further lower the inbound transportation cost for the company. In this study, we are facing up to several new constraint like the goods with different temperature cannot be transported together which has seldom been done before. Also to treat either of the factories as a consolidation point is a feasible method to avoid extra transshipment point building cost. This study deals the inventory management and transportation design part separately. In the future study, we may try to integrate them into a single problem to further discover their interaction.
Author : Olufemi Oluwole Oti
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Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (857 download)
Download or read book Hub and Spoke Network Design for the Inbound Supply Chain written by Olufemi Oluwole Oti and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazon is one of the world's leading retailers. At the core of Amazon's business model is providing consumers with endless selection, and as a result, the large number of vendors used to provide that selection greatly increases the complexity and cost of operating the inbound supply chain. This growth has also created many opportunities for the company to leverage its size and scale to lower transportation costs and improve supply chain flexibility. This project explores implementing load consolidation strategies within the "Hub and Spoke" distribution framework to provide these benefits. As -65% of total unit volume from the inbound transportation program managed by Amazon is shipped as costly less-than-truckload (LTL) or small-parcel (SP) freight, there are significant opportunities to use consolidation hubs throughout the inbound network to reduce spend on LTL and SP in favor of more cost effective full truckload (TL) shipments. To evaluate the opportunity and provide the inbound team with a useful strategic planning tool, a comprehensive network optimization model was targeted as a project deliverable. After researching the current state of the inbound transportation network through departmental interviews and visits to carrier hubs and fulfillment centers, key inputs were identified to feed the model. The mixed integer program solution uses these inputs to minimize total inbound transportation cost for the network subject to expected transit time performance targets by choosing what consolidation hubs and destination lanes freight should be routed to. Using a data-set of shipments originating in the Southwestern geography, an average saving of 13.7% on annual LTL and SP spend was projected by routing 37% of freight volume through consolidation hubs. Results showed freight density as an important driver in savings. In areas with more originating freight, outbound full truckloads can be filled more readily and hence consolidation opportunities can be taken advantage of more often. This tool and the supporting analyses will help the inbound transportation organization uncover more cost saving opportunities in routing freight through its growing network. In addition to financial cost savings, the strategy will increase supply chain flexibility, reduce environmental impact, and can help increase Amazon's control over the end-to-end inbound transportation network.
Author : Chong Keat Ng
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Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (858 download)
Download or read book Inbound Supply Chain Optimization and Process Improvement written by Chong Keat Ng and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary goal of this project is to evaluate Amazon's inbound supply chain processes and identify improvement opportunities in transportation cost and lead time. Analysis will be focused on defining the current state and evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the inbound processes. This paper will also include a literature review of the various freight consolidation and vendor coordination strategies in the industry and their impact on cost and lead time. Specific case studies based on actual cost savings programs will be discussed.
Author : CSCMP
Publisher : Pearson Education
ISBN 13 : 0133449114
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Definitive Guide to Transportation written by CSCMP and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain transportation processes. Straight from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it brings together up-to-the-minute principles, strategies, and decisions for cost-efficiently and effectively moving goods between sellers and buyers. CSCMP and Thomas Goldsby introduce crucial concepts including transportation modes, execution, and control; outsourcing, modal and carrier selection, and 3PLs; TMS technologies; ocean shipping, international air, customs, and regulation; and much more. Step by step, The Definitive Guide to Transportation helps you optimize all facets of transportation, one of the highest-cost, highest-impact areas of supply chain management. Coverage includes: Basic transportation management concepts and their essential roles in demand fulfillment Key elements, processes, and interactions of transportation operations management Design principles and strategies for establishing efficient, effective, and sustainable transportation operations The critical role of technology in managing transportation operations and product flows Requirements and challenges of planning and moving goods between countries Best practices for assessing performance using standard metrics and frameworks
Author : Charles Ronald Cummings (III)
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Total Pages : 77 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)
Download or read book Improving the Inbound Supply Chain Through Dynamic Pickup Windows written by Charles Ronald Cummings (III) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazon is one of the world's largest retailers with revenues of $74.5 billion in 2013 and 22% growth over 2012. As Amazon continues to grow and offer greater selection, more products are flowing through an expanding inbound network. While this growth has added complexity for the inbound transportation organization, it has also created opportunities to reduce transportation cost and improve performance. Inbound transportation managed by Amazon currently represents 60% of the company's inbound freight. For this freight, Amazon uses automated shipment-planning systems to select a carrier for all shipments. The systems run once per day, selecting carriers for a set of shipment requests where each vendor has specified a freight ready date of tomorrow. Several inputs are included to achieve a low transportation cost for the network, but the systems are constrained by the vendor's freight ready date. By introducing dynamic pickup windows based on when the freight is needed in the fulfillment centers (FCs), Amazon has the opportunity to reduce transportation cost and mitigate out-of-stock occurrences. A current state analysis revealed that approximately 70% of Amazon's freight was shipped through expensive less-than-truckload and small-parcel methods. While truckload shipments are ideal in transportation, ordering smaller lots more frequently is preferable to maintain high in-stock levels in the FCs while keeping inventory holding costs low. Therefore, Amazon's shipment-planning systems minimize transportation cost by building multi-stop routes to pick up smaller shipments from several vendors before delivering to the FC. The dynamic pickup window solution changes the planning process by relaxing the constraint of tendering a shipment today to a high cost transportation mode if that freight does not need to ship today. If shipment requests are not tendered today and instead sent to tomorrow's pool of requests, two types of consolidation can occur: (1) a single-vendor consolidation and (2) a multi-vendor consolidation. A model was developed to simulate shipment planning on the entire network for one week, resulting in a 2% transportation cost reduction and 4% fewer shipments while protecting in-stock levels. Amazon piloted in late 2013 with success and plans to implement throughout the network in early 2014. While the dynamic pickup window solution is presented with Amazon as the case study, the solution is applicable to any business with stochastic demand and lead time, a large vendor base, and control of managing its inbound transportation.
Author : James Michael Masters
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Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (647 download)
Download or read book An Investigation of the Effects of Freight Consolidation on Transportation Costs and Delivery Times in a Physical Distribution System written by James Michael Masters and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Institute for Applied Technology (U.S.). Technical Analysis Division
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Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Systems Analysis of Inland Consolidation Centers for Marine Cargo written by Institute for Applied Technology (U.S.). Technical Analysis Division and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The technical note documents a study to develop analytical techniques for use in optimizing the locations and characteristics of inland centers to facilitate the flow of containerizable marine cargo. Such centers would perform the consolidation of small lots of break-bulk general cargo into container loads for export; for the reverse flow, they would carry out the handling and unloading of import containers for cargo distribution. Performance of these functions inland, rather than exclusively at or near the ports involved, should result in savings to the shipping community from transporting cargo over land in full containers rather than as more costly less-than-carload lots. A mathematical model and associated solution technique have been developed, implemented in a digital computer program to a point compatible with the kinds of information available, and exercised using the body of data and background material accumulated during the fact-finding phases of the study. (Author).
