Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot

This study focuses on the empty container management problem in a deficit regional area. Deficit area is the area having more export activities than the import activities, which always have a shortage of empty container. This environment has challenged the trading companies in the decision making...

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Main Authors: Sze, San Nah, Sek, Siaw Ying Doreen, Chiew, Kangleng, Tiong, W.K
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Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 2017
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Sek, Siaw Ying Doreen
Chiew, Kangleng
Tiong, W.K
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description This study focuses on the empty container management problem in a deficit regional area. Deficit area is the area having more export activities than the import activities, which always have a shortage of empty container. This environment has challenged the trading companies in the decision making in distributing the empty containers. A simulation model that fit to the environment is developed. Besides, a simple heuristic algorithm with some hard and soft constraints consideration are proposed to plan the logistic of empty container supply. Then, the feasible route with the minimum cost will be determined by applying the proposed heuristic algorithm. The heuristic algorithm can be divided into three main phases which are data sorting, data assigning and time window updating.
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spelling unimas-172092022-09-29T03:53:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17209/ Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot Sze, San Nah Sek, Siaw Ying Doreen Chiew, Kangleng Tiong, W.K T Technology (General) This study focuses on the empty container management problem in a deficit regional area. Deficit area is the area having more export activities than the import activities, which always have a shortage of empty container. This environment has challenged the trading companies in the decision making in distributing the empty containers. A simulation model that fit to the environment is developed. Besides, a simple heuristic algorithm with some hard and soft constraints consideration are proposed to plan the logistic of empty container supply. Then, the feasible route with the minimum cost will be determined by applying the proposed heuristic algorithm. The heuristic algorithm can be divided into three main phases which are data sorting, data assigning and time window updating. AIP Publishing 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17209/1/Simulation%20of%20Empty%20Container%20Logistic%20Management%20%28abstract%29.pdf Sze, San Nah and Sek, Siaw Ying Doreen and Chiew, Kangleng and Tiong, W.K (2017) Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot. AIP Conference Proceedings. ISSN 1551-7616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4992213 doi: 10.1063/1.4992213
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Sze, San Nah
Sek, Siaw Ying Doreen
Chiew, Kangleng
Tiong, W.K
Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot
title Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot
title_full Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot
title_fullStr Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot
title_full_unstemmed Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot
title_short Simulation of Empty Container Logistic Management at Depot
title_sort simulation of empty container logistic management at depot
topic T Technology (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17209/
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/17209/1/Simulation%20of%20Empty%20Container%20Logistic%20Management%20%28abstract%29.pdf