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A Study on the Composition of Optimal Supply Route for Follow-on Logistics Support which Considers the Degree of Combat Intensity (전투치열도를 고려한 후속 군수지원의 최적 보급로 구성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ki-Tae;Cho, Sung-Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.1091-1098
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    • 2010
  • Victory and defeat of the war depends on follow-on logistics support. The spending time of follow-on logistics support at combat area is greatly influenced by the degree of combat intensity. The main purpose of this study is to compose a optimal supply route for operational sustainability of combat unit at combat area using transport vehicles. This study suggests a composition of optimal supply route for follow-on logistics support which considers the degree of combat intensity. A mathematical programming model and a genetic algorithm suggest to minimize the total spending time of follow-on logistics support. The suggested mathematical programming model is verified by using CPLEX 11.1. This study computes supply route, total spending time, total travel distance, and the number of transport vehicle.

Trends on Alternative Fuel Vehicles in World-Wide 10 Postal Agencies (해외 우정기관의 친환경 차량 운영 동향)

  • Kim, S.H.;Jung, H.;Lee, I.H.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.118-134
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    • 2021
  • In this study, we provide trends on alternative fuel vehicles promoted by postal agencies in 10 countries in North America, the EU, and Asia. It describes the specifications of most EV vehicles in operation, plans, and strategies to replace existing internal combustion engines with new vehicles in the future and provides the current status of alternative vehicle charging networks in each postal agency. This paper will help postal agencies, logistics companies, automobile companies, motorcycle companies, and even individuals who want to use vehicles with alternative fuels, such as electric vehicles, on strategies to establish and implement before introducing and operating the vehicles.

UMM-based Business Process Analysis for Constructing an Internet Logistics Brokerage Agent (인터넷 물류중개 에이전트 구축을 위한 UMM 기반의 비즈니스 프로세스 분석)

  • Jeong, Keun-Chae
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.390-401
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we propose an efficient internet-based logistics brokerage concept which can overcome the weakness of the traditional off-line method to intermediate between vehicle owners and shippers for matching empty vehicles and freights. For defining a business model based on the new concept and implementing an information system, it is necessary to analyze the business process for the internet-based logistics brokerage using a modeling methodology. In this paper, we analyze the logistics brokerage process using the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology (UMM) being utilized as a standard modeling methodology in the area of electronic commerce. After analyzing the business process, we can expect that the UMM can be used as a useful tool for modeling the business process of electronic commerce in which the description of the collaborative work is very important.

Determining the Impact of Information Technology (IT) on Achieving competitive advantages in Third party logistics Companies (3PL): ISACO and SAIPALogistics

  • Javanmard, Habibollah;Ahmadi, Kourosh
    • The Journal of Economics, Marketing and Management
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-22
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    • 2015
  • High growth and increasing traffic and transport finished vehicles, a significant impact on how organize the flow of parts to auto makers an dagencies have As a result, the automakers to improve its position as a highly responsive, with minimal costs, the out sourcing of their logistics processes. This paperis the result of field research to determine the effectiveness of the logistics industry in Iran and focuses on information technology deals the transport vehicle and parts sales deals, indicators used in the model include: IT focuses, IT Valence, IT Competency, IT Managerial Commitment, IT Resource Commitment and competitive advantage identified. Data collected by questionnaires from managers and experts have been towing companies ISACO and SAIPA trailer hypotheses using structural equation methods and software has been analyzed Amos, Results show, focusing on information technology now has significant impacts on logistics and transport. As a result the impact of, IT valence, IT competency and IT Managerial Commitment analytics to gain competitive advantage was not approved, but the rest of the factors were confirmed.

Aggregate Container Transportation Planning in the Presence of Dynamic Demand and Three Types of Vehicles (동적 수요와 세 가지 차량형태를 고려한 총괄 컨테이너 운송계획)

  • Ko, Chang-Seong;Chung, Ki-Ho;Shin, Jae-Young
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.71-77
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    • 2004
  • At the present time, container transportation plays a key role in the international logistics and the efforts to increase the productivity of container logistics become essential for Korean trucking companies to survive in the domestic as well as global competition. This study suggests an approach for determining fleet size for container road transportation with dynamic demand. Usually the vehicles operated by the transportation trucking companies in Korea can be classified into three types depending on the ways how their expenses occur; company-owned truck, mandated truck which is owned by outsider who entrust the company with its operation, and rented vehicle (outsourcing). Annually the trucking companies should decide how many company-owned and mandated trucks will be operated considering vehicle types and the transportation demands. With the forecasted monthly data for the volume of containers to be transported a year, a heuristic algorithm using tabu search is developed to determine the number of company-owned trucks, mandated trucks, and rented trucks in order to minimize the expected annual operating cost. The idea of the algorithm is based on both the aggregate production planning (APP) and the pickup-and-delivery problem (PDP). Finally the algorithm is tested for the problem how the trucking company determines the fleet size for transporting containers.

Combining Vehicle Routing with Forwarding : Extension of the Vehicle Routing Problem by Different Types of Sub-contraction

  • Kopfer, Herbert;Wang, Xin
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2009
  • The efficiency of transportation requests fulfillment can be increased through extending the problem of vehicle routing and scheduling by the possibility of subcontracting a part of the requests to external carriers. This problem extension transforms the usual vehicle routing and scheduling problems to the more general integrated operational transportation problems. In this contribution, we analyze the motivation, the chances, the realization, and the challenges of the integrated operational planning and report on experiments for extending the plain Vehicle Routing Problem to a corresponding problem combining vehicle routing and request forwarding by means of different sub-contraction types. The extended problem is formalized as a mixed integer linear programming model and solved by a commercial mathematical programming solver. The computational results show tremendous costs savings even for small problem instances by allowing subcontracting. Additionally, the performed experiments for the operational transportation planning are used for an analysis of the decision on the optimal fleet size for own vehicles and regularly hired vehicles.

Locating Idle Vehicles in Tandem-Loop Automated Guided Vehicle Systems to Minimize the Maximum Response Time

  • Lee, Shiwoo
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.125-135
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    • 2007
  • An automated guided vehicle (AGV) system is a group of collaborating unmanned vehicles which is commonly used for transporting materials within manufacturing, warehousing, or distribution systems. The performance of an AGV system depends on the dispatching rules used to assign vehicles to pickup requests, the vehicle routing protocols, and the home location of idle vehicles, which are called dwell points. In manufacturing and distribution environments which emphasize just-in-time principles, performance measures for material handling are based on response times for pickup requests and equipment utilization. In an AGV system, the response time for a pickup request is the time that it takes for the vehicle to travel from its dwell point to the pickup station. In this article, an exact dynamic programming algorithm for selecting dwell points in a tandem-loop multiple-vehicle AGV system is presented. The objective of the model is to minimize the maximum response time for all pickup requests in a given shift. The recursive algorithm considers time restrictions on the availability of vehicles during the shift.

Lane Change Behavior of Manual Vehicles in Automated Vehicle Platooning Environments (군집주행 환경에서 비자율차의 차로변경행태 분석)

  • LEE, Seol Young;OH, Cheol
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.332-347
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    • 2017
  • Analysis of the interaction between the automated vehicles and manual vehicles is very important in analyzing the performance of automated cooperative driving environments. In particular, the automated vehicle platooning can affect the driving behavior of adjacent manual vehicles. The purpose of this study is to analyze the lane change behavior of the manual vehicles in automated vehicle platonning environment and to conduct the experiment and questionnaire surveys in three stages. In the first stage, a video questionnaire survey was conducted, and responsive behaviors of manual vehicles were investigated. In second stage, the driving simulator experiments were conducted to investigate the lane change behaviors of in automated vehicle platonning environments. To analyze the lane change behavior of the manual vehicles, lane change durations and acceleration noise, which are indicators of traffic flow stability, were used. The driving behavior of manual vehicles were compared across different market penetration rates (MPR) of automated vehicles and human factors. Lastly, NASA-TLX (NASA Task Load Index) was used to evaluate the workload of the manual vehicle drivers. As a result of the analysis, it was identified that manual vehicle drivers had psychological burdens while driving in automated vehicle platonning environments. Lane change durations were longer when the MPR of the automated vehicles increased, and acceleration noise were increased in the case of 30-40 years old or female drivers. The results from this study can be used as a fundamental for more realistic traffic simulations reflecting the interaction between the automated vehicles and manual vehicles. It is also expected to effectively support the establishment of valuable transportation management strategy in automated vehicle environments.

A Study on the Priority of Site Selection for Hydrogen Vehicle Charging Facilities in Seoul Using a Market Demand Prediction Model (시장수요예측 모델을 활용한 서울시 수소차 충전시설의 입지선정 우선순위에 관한 연구)

  • Jin Sick, Kim;Kook Jin, Jang;Joo Yeoun, Lee;Myoung Sug, Jung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.140-148
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    • 2022
  • Hydrogen is expected to be widely applied in most sectors within the current energy system, such as transportation and logistics, and is expected to be economically and technologically utilized as a power source to achieve vehiclebon emission reduction. In particular, the construction of hydrogen charging station infrastructure will not only support the distribution of hydrogen electric vehicles, but also play an important role in building a hydrogen logistics system. Therefore, This paper suggest additional charging infrastructure areas in Seoul with a focus on supply according to the annual average growth rate (CAGR), centering on Seoul, where hydrogen vehicles are most widely distributed. As of February 2022, hydrogen charging infrastructures were installed in Gangseo-gu, Gangdong-gu, Mapo-gu, Jung-gu, and Seocho-gu in downtown Seoul. Next, looking at the number of hydrogen vehicles by administrative dong in Seoul from 2018 to 2022, Seocho-gu has the most with 246 as of 2022, and Dongjak-gu has the highest average growth rate of 215.4% with a CAGR of 215.4%. Therefore, as a result of CAGR analysis, Dongjak-gu is expected to supply the most hydrogen vehicles in the future, and Seocho-gu currently has the most hydrogen vehicles, so it is likely that additional hydrogen charging infrastructure will be needed between Dongjak-gu and Seocho-gu.

Optimization of the Transportation of International Container Cargoes Considering Short Sea Shipping (근해운송을 고려한 국제컨테이너 화물운송의 최적화)

  • Kim, Hwa-Joong;Chang, Young-Tae;Lee, T.W.
    • Proceedings of the Korea Port Economic Association Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.161-173
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    • 2007
  • This paper considers the problem of determining the cargo flow and the transportation mode in each trade route while satisfying the demand. Especially, the problem incorporates short sea shipping in Korea, which is becoming more important in order to improve efficiency of Logistics. The objective is to minimize the sum of shipping and inland transportation costs. To solve optimally the problem, this paper employs a linear programming model, which is an operations research technique for optimization. The problem is formulated by extending the well-known network design problem by considering capacity at seaport and limitation of total number of vehicles. The model is solved using CPLEX, a commercial linear program software. The test results using a real cargo flow data in Korea show that the model represents closely the real situation.

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