Reefer logistics and cool chain transport

Fan, Yun; Behdani, Behzad; Bloemhof-Ruwaard, Jacqueline

doi:10.18757/ejtir.2020.20.2.3887

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“…The problem of effective transport organization is considered in article [4], which explores the logistics of refrigerators as a difficult task since it deals with costs and time constraints, as well as with requirements for product quality.…”

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Optimization of international road transportation of cargoes in the management of enterprises of agricultural sector and road transport enterprises

Volynets

Sopotsko

Sevostianova

et al. 2021

EEJET

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To enhance the efficiency of management of enterprises in the agricultural sector, it is necessary to improve logistic processes of delivery of livestock and crop production in the implementation of international road transportation. Delivery of cargo "just in time" is very important, so transportation time planning is relevant and allows reducing costs. The process of planning the delivery of perishable goods was described. The spread of the required time is presented for transportation with a varied degree of stochasticity. It was found that the specifics of customs clearance affect the availability of a certain minimum time required for such a procedure. The time of customs clearance of cargo and delay time affect the deadline for cargo registration in international road transportation. The widest spread of time is observed by the procedure of customs clearance of cargoes that takes from 12 to 25 hours, and the probability of customs clearance is only 0.435. Accordingly, this affects a decrease in indicators of "just in time" delivery. The functional dependence of the probability of transit time not exceeding the planned time was compared, depending on the data of the specified route. Based on probabilistic analysis, the possibility of unplanned deviations from the estimated terms of each stage was taken into account and the optimal set of time intervals, which allow obtaining the optimal probability of "just in time" delivery, was proposed. The total cargo delivery time does not change. The recommendations on formulating the requirements for road transport enterprises were given. Namely, to strengthen the requirements for the time of cargo transit. These requirements include the average speed of motion, the choice of appropriate transport, planning the route in terms of the speed mode of highways, etc.

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Optimization of international road transportation of cargoes in the management of enterprises of agricultural sector and road transport enterprises

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Sopotsko

Sevostianova

et al. 2021

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Comprehensive Service of Refrigerated Containers in Intermodal Transport Chains

Filina-Dawidowicz,

Postan,

Grzelak

et al. 2024

Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure

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A joint sustainable order-packing vehicle routing optimisation for the cold chain e-fulfilment

Tsang,

Ma,

Tan

et al. 2024

Ann Oper Res

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Due to the new normal caused by the pandemic, consumer behaviour has now shifted to online shopping not only for general commodities but also for food and other perishable products. Therefore, e-commerce fulfilment is now integrated with cold chain capabilities to satisfy stringent requirements on time-criticality and product quality, leading to the concept of cold chain e-fulfilment. In the cold chain e-fulfilment process, perishable orders are packed in thermal packaging solutions and delivered to consumers before the quality preservation time window. To secure a sufficient time buffer during last mile delivery, excessive use of thermal packaging materials is applied, which creates an adverse environmental impact on our eco-system. Aligning with low-carbon business practices, this study proposes a novel joint optimization model, namely the Joint Optimization of Sustainable Order Packing and Multi-Temperature Delivery Problem (JOSOPMDP), for order packing and vehicle routing decisions, where the sustainable use of thermal packaging materials is promoted without negatively influencing product quality and customer satisfaction. To evaluate its viability and performance, three sets of computational experiments are subsequently conducted. It is found that the proposed model is feasible to strike a balance between order packing and vehicle routing decisions. Compared with the traditional strategy, the average total cost and satisfaction level are improved by 3.26% and 47.88%, respectively. Consequently, this research fosters sustainable thinking in the cold chain e-fulfilment process, minimizing environmental impact.

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Reefer logistics and cool chain transport

Cited by 5 publications

References 63 publications

Optimization of international road transportation of cargoes in the management of enterprises of agricultural sector and road transport enterprises

Optimization of international road transportation of cargoes in the management of enterprises of agricultural sector and road transport enterprises

Comprehensive Service of Refrigerated Containers in Intermodal Transport Chains

A joint sustainable order-packing vehicle routing optimisation for the cold chain e-fulfilment

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