TY - GEN
T1 - Dynamic shipment planning in an automobile shipment yard using real-time Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) information
AU - Kim, Jindae
AU - Kumara, Soundar R.T.
AU - Yee, Shang Tae
AU - Tew, Jeffrey
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Wireless communication technology has been increasingly adopted in various business environments of supply chains. Radio frequency identification technology provides real-time information of vehicle movements and, associated shipment operations can benefit from it for better, efficient load makeup. A Markov decision process model is proposed for dynamically building the shipment loads using real-time information of the wireless tracking system. Simulation results demonstrate the superior performance of dynamic decision approach compared to conventional shipment practices in terms of reducing vehicle dwell time, improving customer fulfillment, and increasing utilization of the transportation carriers.
AB - Wireless communication technology has been increasingly adopted in various business environments of supply chains. Radio frequency identification technology provides real-time information of vehicle movements and, associated shipment operations can benefit from it for better, efficient load makeup. A Markov decision process model is proposed for dynamically building the shipment loads using real-time information of the wireless tracking system. Simulation results demonstrate the superior performance of dynamic decision approach compared to conventional shipment practices in terms of reducing vehicle dwell time, improving customer fulfillment, and increasing utilization of the transportation carriers.
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U2 - 10.1109/COASE.2005.1506760
DO - 10.1109/COASE.2005.1506760
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33745967963
SN - 0780394267
SN - 9780780394261
T3 - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE-CASE 2005
SP - 148
EP - 153
BT - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE-CASE 2005
T2 - 2005 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE-CASE 2005
Y2 - 1 August 2005 through 2 August 2005
ER -