A Micro-simulation Model for Performance Evaluation of a Logistics Platform

Gattuso, Domenico; Cassone, Gian Carla; Pellicanò, Domenica Savia

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2014.10.036

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“…The model has been implemented, starting from some previous authors works (Gattuso et al, 2014a;Gattuso et al, 2014b). All the input data in the model have been obtained by the authors through field surveys, in collaboration with the owner of logistics platform.…”

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Virtual Gas Analyzer in the Maritime Sector

2023

Proceedings of THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HARBOR, MARITIME &Amp; MULTIMODAL LOGISTICS MODELLING AND SIMULATION

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A logistics platform represents a fundamental ring of the supply chain; it receives, stores and delivers goods trying to face the organizational problems of various type (economic, financial, technological, production, logistics, etc), experimenting with new organizational solutions aimed at making its production and logistics structure more efficiently. Its efficiency depends on many factors and is important because costs affect the production or distribution accounts and ultimately fall on the consumer (Gattuso et al., 2014a).In a context more and more addressed to the search for solutions able to increase productivity and pursue sustainability, the paper aims to improve the performance of Logistics platform, and therefore of the Supply Chain, by using freight advanced handling systems of the latest generation. After an analysis of the logistics platform standard asset and the related handling means used for the goods movement, the attention is focused on a smart organizational and functional structure (fleet management) with automated handling vehicles. The paper aims to evaluate the impacts in terms of time in a scenario of partial and total automation of a system using a simulation approach.

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Virtual Gas Analyzer in the Maritime Sector

2023

Proceedings of THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HARBOR, MARITIME &Amp; MULTIMODAL LOGISTICS MODELLING AND SIMULATION

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“…Parameters are assigned with the purpose of obtaining the state variables, which are as similar as possible to real values. The model calibration has been realized with reference to previous studies on logistics UDC operative in regional/local context [20,21]. It was based on the statistical analysis of data collected through direct surveys at existing freight interchange sites.…”

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A freight urban distribution center design with micro-simulation support for city logistics

Gattuso¹,

Cassone²,

Lanciano³

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WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The performance of a freight interchange warehouse can be improved and/or enhanced through the analysis, study and optimization of active processes for the treatment/handling of goods. This paper proposes a discrete event microsimulation model as a tool useful to design a freight interchange warehouse and, particularly, to manage the exchange of freights between heavy lorries, coming from extra-urban regions, and small electric vans used for urban distribution. In particular, the paper focuses on dimensioning the warehouse structure and handling means in order to optimize the operational activities in relation to inbound freight flows (vehicles from extra-regional areas) and outbound freight flows (urban distribution service). The micro-simulation model allowed ex-ante and ex-post evaluations proving to be a useful decision support tool in planning.

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“… the environment (congestion, air pollution, noises issues [6]- [8]);  the economy (changes in logistic costs [9]- [13]); and  society (an increasing risk of accidents due to a combination of different types of vehicles on the road [14], [15]).…”

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Planning and Sustainable Development of Urban Logistics: From International Goals to Regional Realization

Russo

Pellicanò

2019

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Urban transport has negative impacts on sustainability development in environmental, economic and social terms. The freight flows must be organized in such a way as to achieve sustainable development objectives through measures generating benefits and reducing costs on different levels of the supply chain. To promote sustainable urban logistics it is necessary to analyze the city development collecting the main data on the stakeholders behavior and planning actions for virtuous behavior to provide the best practices. The paper will focus on the rules about city logistics, considering the framework of the international and national goals to identify the way of transmission from one level to another. The rules processed at different territorial levels will show the absence of a well-defined link between one level and another and the voluntary choice of each administrative level to agree, or not, to the sustainable development process. The case of Calabria will be described. Calabria, achieving goals derived from the UN, the EU and by the Italian State, through planning tools, such as the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and the Economy and Finance Document of Calabria Region 2019-2021 (EFD), is an exemplary case of best practices. It is promoting and driving city logistics rules for implementation of sustainable development.

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A Micro-simulation Model for Performance Evaluation of a Logistics Platform

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

Virtual Gas Analyzer in the Maritime Sector

Virtual Gas Analyzer in the Maritime Sector

A freight urban distribution center design with micro-simulation support for city logistics

Planning and Sustainable Development of Urban Logistics: From International Goals to Regional Realization

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