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Until the year 2020, Germany has established a national development plan with the goal to push one million fully electric vehicles into use. Part of the plan is to establish a number of federally funded research projects which investigate and tackle domain specific problems, e.g. the limited driving range of electric cars. Freight traffic is especially hampered by those range restrictions. The Smart...
Third party logistic (3PL) providers commonly offer integrated operation, warehousing in addition to the transportation services. A distribution problem experienced by the Logistics & Distribution division in one of the leading 3PL providers in Jakarta is studied in this paper. Starting 2008, this division partitioned Jakarta province into three clustered areas in which a main dedicated courier...
This paper presents the first phase of a methodology for making transportation decisions in the Supply Chain (SC), in the first part of this article are the importance of transactional costs in transportation and their decision levels. Then interrelationships and dependencies of the criteria in Transportation Logistics Function (TLF). Finally presents design of the Multicriteria Decision Network (MCDN),...
Army logistical systems and databases contain massive amounts of data that require effective methods of extracting actionable information and generating knowledge. Vehicle diagnostics and prognostics can be challenging to analyze from the Command and Control (C2) perspective, making management of the fleet difficult within existing systems. Databases do not contain root causes or the case-based analyses...
In this article we use real traffic data to confirm that vehicle velocities follow Gaussian distribution in steady state traffic regimes (free-flow, and congestion). We also show that in the transition between free-flow and congestion, the velocity distribution is better modeled by generalized extreme value distribution (GEV). We study the effect of the different models on estimating the probability...
With short product life-cycles, frequent delivery schedules of products are demanded by customers. Efficient outbound logistics operations are key goals of companies wishing to maintain customer satisfaction and achieve competitive advantage. However, in current warehouse operations, order picking and loading are performed separately and products are picked manually from warehouses according to customer...
Based on the research on Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP), vehicle scheduling and operating work can be more rational, which consequently reduces the logistical cost on the condition of meeting the timeliness requirement of emergency logistics. In this paper, we give an analysis of the characteristics of VRP in emergency logistics. According to the practical situations of VRP, an improved genetic algorithm...
This paper analyses the problem about the transportation in logistics. And suggests the idea to decrease transportation cost and increase customer satisfaction by applying ITS (intelligent transportation system) technology and the other technologies.
This paper describes the technology behind the automation of modern factory warehouses with multiple Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs). In particular, we focus on intermediate results of Plug-and-Navigate Robots (PAN-Robots) project describing how the latest developed technologies have dealt with main issues about traffic, safety and performance of an automated warehouse. A survey about the market...
This paper describes data fusion methodologies for obstacle detection in an automation system based on advanced Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV), used for automated logistics in modern factories. We present the background of the problem, introducing generic aspects of the system architecture designed to cope with the obstacle detection in automated factory logistics; then, we focus on the system specification...
In this paper we propose four ontologies for semantic modeling of information for Freight Transportation Exchanges and we discuss the relationships between them. They play an important role in semantic modeling of freight transportation entities and in supporting the development of agent-based semantic logistics services. This work complements our previous proposal of an agent system for brokering...
Logistics scheduling optimization is an NP problem in the condition of multiple filiale, warehouses, and vehicles. Base on the Clarke-Wright heuristic algorithm, this paper makes a deep discussion in logistics scheduling problems in the collaborative environment; presents a collaborative logistics model, design and implement a scheduling algorithm based on collaborative logistics transportation, and...
Dangerous goods logistics is a particular component in supply chain management as a special commodity logistics. Compared to common logistics supply, the logistics of dangerous goods need more comprehensive, accurate and reliable information management and control. In face of the current situation, the paper proposed a sort of technical solution named Real-time Monitoring System for Dangerous Goods...
The paper describes deployment experience of a decision support system for planning fuel supplies within a network of gas stations, which is based on simulation, multi-agent and expert modeling. Authors focus on various methods used in decision support system BPsim.DSS. Mainly the system is used by logistical management and planning departments. The system implement such features as forecasting next...
Traffic accidents involving older drivers have been increasing all over the world. In order to assess elder driving performance and predict the risk of traffic accidents, we analyzed data from specific license renewal tests that are obligatory for Japanese drivers aged 70 years old or older, which includes a driving simulator test and an on-road test. As a result of the analysis, we found that aging...
Intersections are the most accident-prone spots in the road network. In order to assist the driver in complex urban intersection situations, an ADAS will be required not only to recognize current but also to anticipate future maneuvers of the involved road users. Current approaches for intention estimation focus mainly on discerning only two intentions based on a vehicle's behavior. We argue that...
This article describes an exact method based on a Branch & Cut algorithm for the multi-region vehicle routing problem in large quantities by a heterogeneous fleet of vehicles. Test results on different problem instances are presented after have been solved by CPLEX.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a kind of the automatic identification technology which identifies an object by radio frequency mode for non-contact bidirectional data communication. It has been applied in many industries such as supply chain management, retail management, logistics management, security supervising, traffic supervising, and so on. This paper firstly introduces the principle...
Logistics system is an important element for the engine production line, and the automation degree affects the efficiency of the production line. This paper presents an automatic logistics system for the engine cylinder block production line, based on a type identification and tracking subsystem, and an automatic transmission and storage subsystem. The logistics system achieves the mixed manufacturing...
This paper provides an overview of current and upcoming requirements for Carrier Logistics and discusses solutions for optimizing the efficiency of capital equipment installed in the fab. An exploration of crucial influencing factors (both on the material handling as well as on the equipment side) will be followed by a discussion of different approaches to the challenges and an assessment of the impact...
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