ABSTRACT: The last Brazilian agricultural frontier known as MATOPIBA, an acronym for the states of Maranhão, Tocantins, Piaui and Bahia, is a region that has stood out in scenario modern large-scale agriculture intensive capital technology. However, barriers related to transportation system, especially regarding high logistics costs, have been negatively impacting this sector. To optimize perfo...

There is scope for applying experimental economics in transport and logistics analysis. Experimental economics is a set of techniques for gathering (and analysing) data by inducing people (through specific rewards) to act as economic agents and observing the choices they then make in experimental situations. These experiments often involve interactions between the respondents, possibly in a mar...

The work presented in this paper focuses on the construction of a prototype for strategic design of nodes in a logistics network (PROCONET project). It incorporates the necessary concepts, models and supporting tools related to the design of the process flow and the choice of technology. The operation of the prototype will be validated with global supply chain processes for perishable products....

Herein, we proposed planning of wide transdisciplinary actions, which bring a solution for economic activity such as transportation, strongly related to pollution output with possible repercussions on climate change and public health. To solve logistics problem by introduction of common intermodal policy, and creation of more friendly transport solution, it is possible to obtain sustainable dev...

Very few research efforts have been spent on the coordination of plans and operations of independent carriers in an intermodal transportation chain. The impact of this lack of collaboration and coordination is shown in an accordant scenario and first ideas are presented to overcome this situation following the principles of decentralized planning.

In this paper, study the Logistics research status at home and abroad, analyze the importance of logistics transport to economic and business, as well as the three main problems in the logistics transport of agricultural products in China. On the basis of front, evaluation index of network transport is determined, as well as the optimization problem of transportation. Finally experimental resul...

The thesis focuses on evaluating and improving the transport efficiency of two types of logistics operations in the supply chain. One research area is the production of raw material in heavy construction operations, which takes place early in the construction supply chain. The production of raw material, specifically earthmoving operations, involves the moving and processing of the soil surface...

A robust approach to solving linear optimization problems with uncertain data has been proposed in the early 1970s, and has recently been extensively studied and extended. Under this approach, we are willing to accept a suboptimal solution for the nominal values of the data, in order to ensure that the solution remains feasible and near optimal when the data changes. A concern with such an appr...

Manufacturers have been promoting their new terminal concepts for several years now. They claim more efficient operations, shorter handling times and lower costs compared to conventional operations. Performance evaluation studies confirm this. However, so far no new-generation terminals have been implemented, nor is there any intention yet to implement them. This is regrettable, because these t...