IIE Transactions articles from April 2004

IIE Transactions archives from April 2004

Loading and unloading operations in container terminals.
April 1, 2004... 1. Introduction We consider the problem of optimizing the time for loading and unloading containers to and from a ship at a container terminal, where containers are required to be transported by trucks between the ship and their designated...

Domicile selection and risk pooling for trucking networks.
April 1, 2004... 1. Introduction The trucking industry can be segmented into two primary sectors: truckload and Less-than-TruckLoad (LTL). In the former, carriers provide a point-to-point service, without consolidation of shipments. In the latter,...

Production planning for medical devices with an uncertain regulatory approval date.
April 1, 2004... Nomenclature [c.sub.h] = carrying cost per period for carrying [I.sub.2] units of product 2; [c.sub.i] = unit cost for product i; [d.sub.i] = demand rate for product i; [D.sub.1] = cumulative trailing demand for product 1...

The effect of categorizing returned products in remanufacturing.
April 1, 2004... 1. Introduction Remanufacturing facilities process used products with the objective of restoring them to their original condition. The resulting "as good as new" items are usually resold in primary markets. Examples include automobile...

The effectiveness of investment in lead time reduction for a make-to-stock product.
April 1, 2004... 1. Introduction In this paper we investigate the effectiveness of investment in replenishment lead time reduction for a firm dealing in a make-to-stock product in a single echelon setting when the investment costs have to be borne, partly...

Can the desired service level be achieved when the demand and lost sales are unobserved?
April 1, 2004... 1. Introduction Data warehouses of large companies in the retail industry store information on transactions that take place within a supply chain (sales, deliveries etc.) and the impact of these transactions on the performance indicators...

Unrelated parallel machine scheduling with job splitting.
April 1, 2004... 1. Introduction Unrelated parallel machines can be characterized as machines that perform the same function but have different capabilities or capacities. A company may invest in similar machines that have different capabilities, taking...

A reinforcement learning approach to stochastic business games.
April 1, 2004... 1. Introduction The explosion in E-commerce has created an unprecedented level of competition in today's markets. The struggle to capture customers, which even a few years ago was mostly confined to the neighborhood bricks and mortar type...