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SCMMS2 (Subject) / Transportation (Lesson)
- Which factors are affecting the carrier's decisions? Vehicle related costs fixed operating cost trip related : labor/fuel qty related - loading/unloading overhead : it
- Which factors affect the shipper's decision? Transportation Inventory cost Facility cost processing cost service level costs
- What are the sequences for routing customers? Farthest insert: Find the minimum increase in length for this customer to be inserted from all the potential points in the trip, choose the largest minimum increase Nearest insert Find the minimum increase in length for this customer to be inserted from all the potential points in the trip, choose the smallest minimum increase Nearest neighbor Start at DC, add closest customer to extend the trip. At each step, dd customers closest to the point last visited until all customers have been visited. Sweep Select any point on the grid, sweep a line either clockwise or counterclockwise from that point.