Over the last years, several variants of multi-constrained Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs)
have been studied, forming a class of problems known as Rich Vehicle Routing Problems …

Cross-docking is a logistics strategy in which freight is unloaded from inbound vehicles and
(almost) directly loaded into outbound vehicles, with little or no storage in between. This …

An efficient product distribution is critical for proper supply chain operations. Many supply
chains handle perishable products that decay over time. Due to mismanagement of supply …

The simultaneous scheduling of quay cranes (QCs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs), and
yard cranes (YCs) in automated container terminals (ACTs) has been a critical problem. This …

The management of food distribution networks is receiving more and more attention, both in
practice and in the scientific literature. In this paper, we review quantitative operations …

With the ongoing trend of mass-customization and an increasing product variety, just-in-time
part logistics more and more becomes one of the greatest challenges in today's automobile …

The technique of cross-docking, which consists in unloading trucks, sorting the items they
contain and reloading them directly into outbound trucks in order to minimize temporary …

At cross docking terminals incoming deliveries of inbound trucks are unloaded, sorted,
moved across the dock and finally loaded onto outbound trucks, which immediately leave …

Cross-docking is a distribution strategy that enables the consolidation of less-than-truckload
shipments into full truckloads without long-term storage. Due to the absence of a storage …

Nowadays, supply chain stakeholders have to successfully address a large number of
challenges in order to ensure an efficient distribution of products within supply chains. These …