In this paper, we study a logistics network design problem with vendor managed inventory in which the company is in charge of managing inventory for its downstream warehouses and retailers, and can choose whether to satisfy each retailer’s demand. The problem incorporates the location, transportation, pricing, and warehouse-retailer echelon inventory replenishment decisions. Traditionally, thes...

An increasing number of firms are marching to the drumbeat of business process redesign (BPR), alternatively called reengineering. The term reengineering may be new, but the idea of process redesign is familiar to most engineers involved in logistics and production control. Just-in-time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM), Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS), Computer Integrated Manufacturin...

Coordination in healthcare networks becomes more and more important to enable integrated care scenarios and to increase quality and efficiency in treatment processes. After identification of shortfalls in existing concepts and solutions a process-oriented approach is introduced which enhances integrated care scenarios by IT-driven coordination of interorganizational treatment processes – the co...

Regional logistics demand prediction directly affects regional economy development and logistics planning. Grey prediction, BP neural network, grey neural network and other methods have been widely used in the prediction of complex nonlinear logistics demand system. In this study, an improved grey neural network model was proposed based on these models. First, in this model, the grey influence ...

In this study, we consider a manufacturer that has strategically decided to outsource the company specific reverse logistics (RL) activities to a third-party logistics (3PL) service provider. Given the locations of the collection centers and reprocessing facilities, the RL network design of the 3PL involves finding the number and places of the test centers under supply uncertainty associated wi...

Transportation and logistics are fertile areas for modeling. Simulation has traditionally been used in warehousing and inside the distribution center or processing hub in the trucking and package delivery sectors, for baggage systems and passenger queueing in the airline industry, and for detailed models of terminals and yards in the railroad industry. In addition, simulators are used for certa...

E. Rod Butchers Network Logistics, Air New Zealand Ltd. Private Bag 92007, Auckland, New Zealand Paul R. Day Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd. P.O. Box 128-233, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand Andrew P. Goldie Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd. Stephen Miller Network Logistics, Air New Zealand Ltd. Jeff A. Meyer Optimal Decision Technologies Ltd. David M. Ryan Department of Engineering Science,...

The objective of the logistics management and control in a transport enterprise is to plan for the cheapest way to fulfill the transport needs of the customers and to offer services to the customers like for example supplying information about where products of the customers are in the transport process at any time. In case of delays in some transports this type of information may be important ...