Efficient and Innovative Goods Transportation and Logistics
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Transportation and Future Mobility".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2024 | Viewed by 8075
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supply chain management
Interests: supply chain management; scheduling; health care management; computational optimization
Interests: maritime transportation; network modeling; operations research
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on “Efficient and Innovative Goods Transportation and Logistics” to be published in Applied Sciences aims to bring together recent theoretical, applied or methodological advances concerning operational management in sustainable transportation and the logistics industry, no matter whether pertaining to hardware, software or related innovative approaches. We encourage researchers in related fields with deep interest in making the transportation industry more sustainable and green to contribute their work, welcoming both research and review papers.
Prof. Dr. Xu Guan
Prof. Dr. Kai Wang
Prof. Dr. Tingsong Wang
Guest Editors
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Planned Papers
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Title: Synchronization of Maritime Export in the Consumer Packaged Goods Supply Chain
Authors: Maria Jesús Sáenz, Ilya Jackson, Michelle Stephanie Ramírez Moreno, Yulu Li
Institution: MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
Abstract: Ocean freight represents more than 70% of global trade by volume. Given the price increases in transportation rates, companies are more interested in driving efficiencies and cost optimizations through supply chain synchronization. Our paper aims to provide an understanding of key components of synchronization and ultimately provide a framework that illustrates the collection of supply chain elements to drive synchronization that companies can use to improve their supply chains. In order to do this, we performed a Center of Gravity analysis to propose the best location for the mixing center. After that, we built a Mixed Integer Linear Programming model that provided the optimal volume allocation from the supply warehouses to the mixing center, from the mixing center to the ports of loading, and from the ports of loading to the ports of discharge. The results demonstrate that there is an opportunity to reduce 9% of the costs by optimizing the volume allocation and incorporating rail transportation in the inland freight from the supply warehouse to the mixing center and from the mixing center to the ports of loading.