Day-definite full container load service for time-sensitive shippers: On the perspective of total distribution cost

  • Panos Kouvelis
  • , Jian Li

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    Abstract

    The authors quantify the benefits of a newly introduced logistics product, day-definite Full Container-load (FCL), in terms of its cost reduction relative to other existing products - regular FCL and airfreight, from the perspective of a logistic manager in an intercontinental supply chain facing lead-time uncertainties. Numerical examples and sensitivity analysis are provided to illustrate the comparison across the above-mentioned three logistics products and the impact of other factors on the performance of these logistics products.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-39
    Number of pages39
    JournalInternational Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
    Volume6
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2013

    Keywords

    • Airfreight
    • Day-definite full-container-load
    • Lead-time uncertainty
    • Logistics products
    • Regular full-container-load

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