Title: Material flow analysis of public logistics networks
Abstract: A public logistics network is proposed as a means to extend many of the features associated with public warehouses to the entire supply chain. The average transport time of a hypothetical public logistics network covering the southeastern United States is compared to the times of a hub-and-spoke and a point-to-point network covering the same region. It was found that the public logistics network provided the minimum average transport time when the time required for loading/unloading at each transshipment point in the network was short. This result is robust with respect to a range of different transport demands and truck capacities considered in the analysis.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-06-05
Language: en
Type: article
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