Truck-to-door sequencing in multi-door cross-docking system with dock repeat truck holding pattern
2020
Cross-docking is a logistics strategy that consolidates the products of different inbound trucks
according to their destinations in order to reduce the inventory, order picking, and transportation
costs. It requires a high level of collaboration between inbound trucks, internal operations, and
outbound trucks. This article addresses the truck-to-door sequencing problem. Truck-to-door
sequencing has been studied by some researchers in different titles such as scheduling and
sequencing of inbound and outbound trucks of the cross-dock center. However, previous studies
have not considered repeat truck holding pattern. Therefore, it is important to determine the doors
and the sequence of the inbound and outbound trucks that should be assigned in a cross-dock
center. This paper focuses on optimizing truck-to-door sequencing with consideration of repeat
truck holding pattern in inbound trucks in order to minimize makespan. Two methods are
considered to solve this problem, including mathematical modeling and a heuristic algorithm. In
the first method, a mixed integer-programming model is developed to minimize the makespan.
Then, GAMS software is used to solve small-scale problems. In the second approach, a heuristic
algorithm is developed to find near-optimal solutions within the shortest time possible and the
algorithm is used to solve large-scale problems. The results of the mathematical model and the
heuristic algorithm are slightly different and show the good quality of the presented heuristic
algorithm.
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