Cross-Docking Location Problem Considering Multiple Capacity Levels Without Cross-Dock Number Limitation

Abstract

In recent decades, cross-docking problem has led to a new approach to design warehouses and distribution centers in transportation problems. The main idea of the cross-docking problem is transportation of incoming shipments directly by outbound trucks without saving them. Cross dock locating is the first decision for using them. Therefore, this paper addresses an evaluation of cross dock designing problem in two levels, first level is single-source and second is multi-source. To increase the problem efficiency, multiple capacity levels are considered for each cross dock and each warehouse. Finally, eight different instances are solved by using GAMS software to evaluate the model's performance and validate it

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  • Receive Date: 27 April 2013
  • Revise Date: 22 May 2013
  • Accept Date: 18 June 2013

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