A decomposition-based approach for the selection of standardized modular containers

被引：44

作者：

Lin, Yen-Hung ^{[1
,2
]}

Meller, Russell D. ^{[1
,2
]}

Ellis, Kimberly P. ^{[1
,3
]}

Thomas, Lisa M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Lombardi, Barbara J. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Arkansas, Ctr Excellence Logist & Distribut, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

[2] Univ Arkansas, Dept Ind Engn, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA

[3] Virginia Tech, Grado Dept Ind & Syst Engn, Blacksburg, VA USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH | 2014年 / 52卷 / 15期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

logistics; distribution; Physical Internet; mixed-integer programming; LOADING PROBLEM; PACKING;

D O I：

10.1080/00207543.2014.883468

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

120111 [工业工程];

摘要：

The standardisation of packaging and containers for product handling has potential benefits from transportation, material handling and environmental perspectives. Likewise, standardised modular containers play an important role in the Physical Internet (PI). To support implementation of standard modular containers, we introduce a mathematical model to select a requisite number of modular containers to pack a set of products to maximise space utilisation. A decomposition-based solution methodology is developed and presented. Computational results from industry-based problem instances indicate that using standardised modular containers results in increased space utilisation at the unit load level. This finding substantiates the use of modular containers in moving toward the PI.

引用

页码：4660 / 4672

页数：13

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