Distribution center consolidation games
نویسندگان
چکیده
We study the location-inventory model as introduced by Teo et al. (2001) to analyze the impact of consolidation of distribution centers on facility and inventory costs. We extend their result on profitability of consolidation. We associate a cooperative game with each location-inventory situation and prove that this game has a nonempty core for identical and independent demand processes. This illustrates that consolidation does not only lower joint costs (which was shown by Teo et al. (2001)), but it allows for a stable division of the minimal costs as well.
منابع مشابه
Endogenous institutions and political extremism
The election of extreme political leaders is often associated with changes in political institutions. This paper studies these phenomena through a model in which the median voter elects a leader anticipating that he will impose institutional constraints such as constitutional amendments, judicial appointments, or the implicit threat of a coup that inuence the behavior of future political cha...
متن کاملEvaluation of Transportation Practices in the California Cut Flower Industry
In the past two decades, California's share of the national cut flower market has decreased from 64 percent to 20 percent. California growers' largest competitors are South American growers; Colombia controls 75 percent of the US market. South American growers have several competitive advantages, including the favorable trucking rates they enjoy by consolidating all shipments in Miami, Florida ...
متن کاملCONSOLIDATION TREATMENT WITH INTRAPERITONEAL CISPLATIN IN EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER FOLLOWING NEGATIVE SURGICAL ASSESSMENT
Objective: The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of intraperitoneal (JP) cisplatin as consolidation treatment, in epithelial ovarian cancer patients with pathologically negative surgical reassessment, following first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. Methods: This study included 22 patients with FIGO stage (IIc- IV) epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) which had no evidence of disea...
متن کاملA Consolidation Model for Cargo-driven Intermodal Transportation
Accessibility of main sea ports by road has become increasingly difficult due to rapid growth in container throughput. To deal with this challenge, new ways for handling containers and distribution of cargo flows are needed to define and implement. One possibility is going beyond container transportation and considering cargos inside the containers in the design and operation of transportation ...
متن کاملHybridization of Particle Swarm Optimization and Ant Colony Optimization Technique to Solve the Distribution Planning Problem of the Cross-docking Network
Cross-docking is a logistic technique in which distribution centers are the transfer points to coordinate the continuous physical flow through supply chain with no storage. The harmonization of this system in a network of cross-docks with customers and suppliers requires a effective planning. This paper addresses the distribution planning problem of cross-docking network considering the transpo...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Oper. Res. Lett.
دوره 33 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005