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The Management of Transshipment Terminals


The Management of Transshipment Terminals

Decision Support for Terminal Operations in Finished Vehicle Supply Chains
Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, Band 34

von: Dirk C. Mattfeld

96,29 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 01.06.2006
ISBN/EAN: 9780387308548
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 178

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1.1 Freight Transshipment We observe an ongoing trend towards globalized industrial produc­ tion. Multinational companies aim at strategic competitive advantages by distributing their activities around the globe. As a result, the in­ dividual supply chains become longer and more complex. Next to the supply chain reliability, companies try to keep supply chains cost effi­ cient and responsive, i.e. warrant short order fulfillment lead times (Siirie and Wagner, 2005). The above goals dictate low inventory levels at the stages of a supply chain as well as a high frequency of transports between the partners involved. Supply Chain Requirements. Detailed performance measures for a supply chain are provided by the Supply Chain Operations Refer­ ence (SCOR) model (Supply-Chain Council, 2002). The SCOR model provides four levels with increasing detail of process modeling. In accor­ dance to the process detail depicted SCOR metrics are defined for each level. Level 1 distinguishes metrics addressing the reliability of supply chains, their responsiveness, flexibility, cost and optionally their assets. On levels 2-4 these metrics are operationalized with respect to the pro­ cess types source, make and deliver. Thus, as substantial activities of the deliver process, transport and transshipment are evaluated as an integral part of the supply chain.
Automobile Production and Distribution.- Intermodal Vehicle Transshipment.- Management of Terminal Operations.- Modeling Terminal Operations.- Allocation of Storage Space.- Personnel Deployment.- IT-Integration of Planning.
The book is an analytical, theoretical, and practical work that incorporates Network Optimization, Logistics, Distribution, Transportation, and Supply Chain Management into a framework of Information Systems for a comprehensive understanding of the development of transshipment terminals in the global economy The treatment of the transshipment terminal is a comprehensive Technical Management study that utilizes many of the tools of Operations Research and Management Science to understand and solve production, logistics, and distribution issues in the supply chain Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras