Distribution Logistics

Chapter 1. Networks

1. An Exact Column Generation Approach to the Capacitated Facility Location Problem
Andreas Klose, Simon Görtz

2. Modelling Warehouses in Logistical Networks
Angela Bauer

3. Supply Chain Optimisation in Animal Husbandry
Jacqueline M. Bloemhof, Ciska M. Smeets, Jo A. E. E. Nunen

4. Online Shopping and Changes in Mobility
Joachim R. Daduna, Barbara Lenz

Chapter 2. Vehicle Routing

5. A Real-time Vehicle Routing Model for a Courier Service Problem
Enrico Angelelli, Renata Mansini, M. Grazia Speranza

6. Collection of Waste with Single Load Trucks: A Real Case
Claudia Archetti, Maria Grazia Speranza

7. Planning and Controlling Daily Deliveries to the Same Clients: Problems and Adequate Solutions
Thomas J. Bieding

8. Planning the Incorporation of Logistics Service Providers to Fulfill Precedence- and Time Window-Constrained Transport Requests in a Most Profitable Way
Jörn Schönberger, Herbert Kopfer

Chapter 3. Warehousing

9. Vehicle On-line Dispatching Rules in Practice
Tuan Le-Anh, René Koster

10. Travel Distance Estimation in Single-block ABC- Storage Strategy Warehouses
Tho Duc, René Koster

Chapter 4. Reverse Logistics

11. The Impact of Constraints in Closed-loop Supply Chains: The Case of Reusing Components in Product Manufacturing
Roland Geyer, Luk N. Wassenhove

12. E-business and Circular Supply Chains: Increased Business Opportunities by IT-based Customer Oriented Return-flow Management
Harold Krikke, Jo A. E. E. Nunen, Rob Zuidwijk, Roelof Kuik

13. Reverse Logistics: A Review of Case Studies
Marisa P. Brito, Rommert Dekker, Simme Douwe P. Flapper

Keywords: Economics/Management Science, Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management, Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Organization/Planning