A Fuzzy Set Approach for a Location-Inventory Model

Abstract

In the supply chain, production and logistics facilities are positioned between the customer and supply markets. As a consequence, any changes in these markets should cause the enterprise to re-evaluate its location and the capacity of its activities at that particular location in the logistics network, which also means re-evaluating the parameters of input-output matrices for the entire supply chain. Different analytical approaches have been developed to describe the influence of production on the hierarchical spatial pattern. Our article presents a fuzzy set approach to the model of spatial hierarchy as a result of spatial interactions. We attempt to present the difference between net present value estimated by a fuzzy approach on the one hand and report on an analytical approach to the problem on the other.     

物流配送中心选址的重心法探讨

物流配送中心选址问题是现代物流系统规划的一个重要环节,选址的方法有很多,其中,最普遍的就是我们通常所用的重心法,然而,重心法存在一些为人们所忽略问题,其一,重心法是如何引入的;其二,最后的迭代方案是否最好。本文对重心法的引入、公式的推导做了详尽的阐述,并且对以往的迭代方案做了相应的改进。     

高铁运输对广西港口物流的促进作用探析

随着湘桂高铁、贵广高铁、南广高铁、云桂高铁的建成,广西逐步进入高铁时代。广西高铁的发展给广西北部湾港口群带来了新的生机,高铁与港口货物联运是未来广西北部湾港口物流发展的新趋势。文章分析了广西港口与高铁联运的有利条件以及高铁运输对港口物流的促进作用,从技术标准缺乏、货物分运混乱、物流成本偏高等方面阐述了港口与高铁联运存在的现实问题,并提出了相应对策。     

Modeling dry-port-based freight distribution planning

In this paper we review the dry port concept and its outfalls in terms of optimal design and management of freight distribution. Some optimization challenges arising from the presence of dry ports in intermodal freight transport systems are presented and discussed. Then we consider the tactical planning problem of defining the optimal routes and schedules for the fleet of vehicles providing transportation services between the terminals of a dry-port-based intermodal system. An original service network design model based on a mixed integer programming mathematical formulation is proposed to solve the considered problem. An experimental framework built upon realistic instances inspired by regional cases is described and the computational results of the model are presented and discussed.     

Energy consumption in China’s logistics industry: A decomposition analysis using the LMDI approach

The logistics industry plays a critical role in boosting China’s economic development, although at significant externality costs. Using the 1980–2010 data, we examine the historical evolution of energy consumption in China’s logistics industry. The logarithmic mean Divisia index (LMDI) method was used to analyze the key factors that drove the chronicle changes in logistics energy consumption in China. Changes in energy consumption of China’s logistics industry are attributed to growth in logistics activity, modal shift in freight transportation, increases in transport intensity, and overall improvements in energy intensity: (1) China’s logistics industry enjoyed fast growth with an average annual growth rate of 9.65% from 1980 to 2010. Increase in logistics activity has been the major force driving up logistics energy consumption (accounting for 48.8% of logistics energy increase); (2) Logistics energy consumption increased by 22.91 times, averaging at 11.9% growth per year. Fuel consumption in highway transportation has become more dominant in logistics energy consumption; (3) While changes in logistics activities, transportation modes and transport intensity pushed up logistics energy consumptions, improvements in energy intensity helped significantly to curb the energy rise in China’s logistics industry.     

Quantifying the environmental and economic benefits of cooperation: A case study in temperature-controlled food logistics

Inefficient road transportation causes unnecessary costs and polluting emissions. This problem is even more severe in refrigerated transportation, in which temperature control is used to guarantee the quality of the products. Organizing logistics cooperatively can help decrease both the environmental and the economic impacts. In Joint Route Planning (JRP) cooperation, suppliers and customers jointly optimize routing decisions so that cost and emissions are minimized. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) cooperation extends JRP cooperation by optimizing routing and inventory planning decisions simultaneously. However, in addition to their economic advantages, VMI and JRP may also yield environmental benefits. To test this assertion, we perform a case study on cooperation between a number of supermarket chains in the Netherlands. The data of this case study are analyzed to quantify both the economic and environmental benefits of implementing cooperation via JRP and VMI, using vehicle routing and an inventory routing models. We found that JRP cooperation can substantially reduce cost and emissions compared with uncooperative routing. In addition, VMI cooperation can further reduce cost and emissions, but minimizing cost and minimizing emissions no longer result in the same solution and there is a trade-off to be made.     

2005年中国物流发展总体回顾与2006年展望

回顾2005年我国物流发展的基本情况和存在的问题,分析2006年我国物流业发展面临的新形势,指出要用科学发展观统领现代物流发展,并强调了物流业发展中的几项重点工作。     

《物流市场营销学》教学模式的改革

随着市场经济的快速发展，营销理论在物流产品销售、经营、管理中发挥的作用愈加明显。《物流市场营销学》既继承了《市场营销学》的共性，又发展了其独特性，笔者针对《物流市场营销学》课程教学现状，总结了“一主、二辅、三结合”的教学模式，在教学实践中取得了良好的教学效果。     

城市物流服务体系评价指标及方法

城市物流服务水平评价指标体系的构建，对合理评价城市物流发展起着重要作用。在城市物流研究的基础上，构建城市物流服务水平评价指标体系，运用专家评分法确定权重系数，建立模糊评价模型，以确定城市物流的服务水平，并进行算倒应用。     

决策支持物流管理信息系统的设计与开发

介绍了决策支持系统的概念及其内容，分析了在物流管理信息系统基础上实施决策支持系统的必要性和可行性，并针对库存问题研制了决策支持系统，研究了决策支持在物流企业中的实际应用．利用现代的信息分析技术，把决策支持系统应用于信息系统，将管理信息系统延伸为决策支持下的管理系统，为企业决策者提供决策支持，提高企业核心竞争力．