A Flexible Logistics Distribution Hub Model considering Cost Weighted Time

作者：Ran, Wenxue; Zhang, Zhe; Liu, Sen^*

来源：Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2017, 2017: 9470943.

DOI：10.1155/2017/9470943

• VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY
• DELIVERY FLEXIBILITY
• SPOKE NETWORK
• OPTIMIZATION
• EFFICIENCY
• LOCATION
• DESIGN

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 operationmode in delivery flexibility are verified by the approach: themode has pooling effects and uniformdistribution characteristics; these traits can reduce overlapping delivery time to improve the flexibility in the case of two suppliers. Numerical examples showthat the supply hub operationmode ismore flexible than decentralized distribution operationmode inmultidelivery cycles.

• 出版日期2017
• 单位云南财经大学