以美国联合包裹公司（UPS）为例探讨物流企业运作管理

随着生产资料和人力成本的不断压缩,控制物流成本成为企业多元化,规模化经营的必争之地.因此,物流企业的市场空间正在不断增大,尤其是在经济呈现持续上行趋势的发展中国家.为了从理论上了解物流企业的生存和发展之道,本文选取了美国联合包裹公司（UPS）这一国际物流巨头进行分析,从外到内分析了当前物流企业的宏观环境和具体运作模式,并对物流企业的发展提出了看法和建议.     

基于Dijkstra算法的物流配送系统最短路径程序设计

两点之间的最短路径算法是物流配送系统涉及的最基本算法。基于Dijkstra算法的基本原理，提出一种物流配送系统最短路径设计，包括配送路线图的数据输入模块、配送路线图的主体模块，最终得出输出结果，获得任意多个结点之间的最佳路径，从而能有效提高配送效率．降低配送成本。     

考虑行程时间可靠性的城市冷链末端配送站选址研究

城市冷链“最后一公里”的配送时效性对冷链产品货损率和客户满意度影响很大，因此提升城市冷链末端配送时效性具有重要意义. 恶劣的城市交通环境及高度分散的客户常导致配送时效性难以提升. 从行程时间可靠性角度出发，基于复杂网络理论提出一种城市冷链末端配送站选址方法. 先利用复杂网络理论构建城市冷链末端需求点网络模型，充分考虑行程时间可靠性；再利用社团检测方法，对冷链末端客户进行阶段性聚类；然后，利用度中心性和强度中心性进行选址决策；最后，对选址方案进行配送时效性评估. 通过模拟构建城市冷链末端物流需求点网络并进行选址决策，表明所提方法准确有效，能充分保证配送时效性.     

The Green Ship Routing and Scheduling Problem (GSRSP): A conceptual approach

Recent reviews of the literature on ship routing and scheduling note the increased attention to environmental issues. This is an area of paramount importance for international shipping and will be even more so in the future. This short communication is motivated by the increasing attention to ‘green’ routing and scheduling and outlines some possible ways to incorporate the air emissions dimension into maritime transportation OR. The main contribution of this note vis-a-vis the state of the art is that it conceptualizes the formulation of the ‘Green Ship Routing and Scheduling Problem’ (GSRSP) based on existing formulations and highlights all the important parameters of the problem.     

基于物联网的钢材物流理货信息系统的研究与应用

为优化钢材物流理货，开发了基于物联网的钢材物流理货信息系统，介绍信息系统的研究背景。分别介绍钢材物流理货信息系统的功能、具体研究内容以及它的应用。该系统的应用实现了港口理货作业现场即时打印直提货物的清单，取得良好效益。     

加强战略装（卸）车点和区域物流基地建设 促进铁路现代物流发展

广州铁路(集团)公司现有战略装(卸)车点和物流基地的能力限制了广铁集团现代物流的发展。要通过加快战略装(卸)车点和区域物流基地建设,大幅度提高集疏货物能力,缓解运输紧张局面;创新运输组织模式,加强点线协调,推进货运组织规模化生产等方式实现集约化经营、精细化管理,促进广铁集团铁路物流的发展。     

Post-disaster evacuation and temporary resettlement considering panic and panic spread

After a disaster, a huge number of homeless victims should be evacuated to temporary resettlement sites. However, because the number of temporary shelters is insufficient, as are shelter building capabilities, victims must be evacuated and resettled in batches. The perceived psychological penalty to victims may increase due to heightened panic when waiting for evacuation and resettlement, whereas psychological interventions can decrease the magnitude of this panic. Based on the susceptible–infective-removal model, panic spread among homeless victims and other disaster-affected people is modeled, while considering the effects of psychological interventions on panic spread. A function is derived to compute the increase in the number of victims to be evacuated due to panic spread. A novel mixed-integer linear program is constructed for multi-step evacuation and temporary resettlement under minimization of panic-induced psychological penalty cost, psychological intervention cost, and costs associated with transportation and building shelters. The model is solved by aggregating objectives into a single objective by assigning weights to these objectives. With Wenchuan County as the test case, the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, the influence and the sensitivity of parameters, tradeoff among costs, and the effects of various functions of panic strength on psychological penalty and monetary costs are assessed using six experimental scenarios. Analytical results reveal the complexity and managerial insights gained by applying the proposed method to post-disaster evacuation and temporary resettlement.     

Crucial factors influencing international logistics operations for African landlocked countries – A case study of Burkina Faso

ABSTRACT

This study aims to evaluate the crucial factors influencing international logistics operations for African landlocked countries. To this end, a case study and a questionnaire survey were conducted. A total of 147 usable responses from container shipping firms were obtained as a result of the questionnaire survey. The results of factor analysis revealed that transportation capability, external risks, information integration, logistics infrastructure, local agents’ logistics capability, and national law and policy were crucial factors influencing the logistics operations of African landlocked countries. Specifically, local agents’ logistics capability was perceived by respondents to be the most important factor. Moreover, the results of the study also indicated that the highest factor mean values of small shipping companies were related to transportation capability, external risks and the local agents’ logistics capability, whereas container shipping companies that arranged trucks for inland transportation paid more attention to the external risks, logistics infrastructure, the local agents’ logistics capability, and national law and policy.