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This project integrates a three-dimensional bin packing problem and a mode selection problem in the international consolidation context. The objective is to minimize the total costs involved in the global supply chain, including ocean container costs, handling costs, Truckload (TL) and Less-than-truck (LTL) costs.

Sponsor: USMilitary Academy Research Team: Edward A. Pohl Universities Involved: University of Arkansas Start Date: 09/01/04 End Date: 08/31/05 Summary: Purpose: the Information Quality & Service Reliability Consortium undertakes a study to develop quantitative metrics based on the concepts of information quality and service reliability for the elements of the […]

This project develops a new dynamic system model to calculate production scheduling.