A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time
The delivery time of order has become an important fact for customers to evaluate logistics services. Due to the diverse and large quantities of orders in the background of electronic commerce, how to improve the flexibility of distribution hub and reduce the waiting time of customers becomes one of...
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| description | The delivery time of order has become an important fact for customers to evaluate logistics services. Due to the diverse and large quantities of orders in the background of electronic commerce, how to improve the flexibility of distribution hub and reduce the waiting time of customers becomes one of the most challenging questions for logistics companies. With this in mind, this paper proposes a new method of flexibility assessment in distribution hub by introducing cost weighted time (CWT). The advantages of supply hub operation mode in delivery flexibility are verified by the approach: the mode has pooling effects and uniform distribution characteristics; these traits can reduce overlapping delivery time to improve the flexibility in the case of two suppliers. Numerical examples show that the supply hub operation mode is more flexible than decentralized distribution operation mode in multidelivery cycles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9f844912a72e4c8d9f5f5f732d29edb72025-02-03T01:02:36ZengWileyDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X2017-01-01201710.1155/2017/94709439470943A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted TimeWenxue Ran0Zhe Zhang1Sen Liu2School of Logistics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming 650221, ChinaSchool of Logistics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming 650221, ChinaSchool of Logistics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming 650221, ChinaThe delivery time of order has become an important fact for customers to evaluate logistics services. Due to the diverse and large quantities of orders in the background of electronic commerce, how to improve the flexibility of distribution hub and reduce the waiting time of customers becomes one of the most challenging questions for logistics companies. With this in mind, this paper proposes a new method of flexibility assessment in distribution hub by introducing cost weighted time (CWT). The advantages of supply hub operation mode in delivery flexibility are verified by the approach: the mode has pooling effects and uniform distribution characteristics; these traits can reduce overlapping delivery time to improve the flexibility in the case of two suppliers. Numerical examples show that the supply hub operation mode is more flexible than decentralized distribution operation mode in multidelivery cycles.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9470943 |
| spellingShingle | Wenxue Ran Zhe Zhang Sen Liu A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
| title | A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time |
| title_full | A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time |
| title_fullStr | A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time |
| title_short | A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time |
| title_sort | flexible logistics distribution hub model considering cost weighted time |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9470943 |
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