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Scheduling Problem of Receiving and Shipping Trucks for Cross Docking Systems  

Yu Woo yeon (삼성 SDS 컨설팅 Div.)
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Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science / v.4, no.3, 2002 , pp. 79-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cross docking is a material handling and distribution concept in which products move directly from receiving dock to shipping dock, without being stored in a warehouse or distribution center. Depending on the facility and operating conditions or strategies employed, it is possible to generate various cross docking scenarios or models. The cross docking model, which is studied in this research, assumes there are a separate receiving dock and a separate shipping dock. It is also assumed that the products contained in a receiving truck and the products needed for a shipping truck are known in advance. Furthermore, the study is restricted to scenarios where there is only one receiving dock and only one shipping dock at the warehouse. The research objective is to find the best truck spotting sequence for both receiving and shipping trucks to minimize total operation time (i.e., the makespan) of the cross docking system.
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