258 research outputs found
Factory Gate Pricing: An Analysis of the Dutch Retail Distribution
Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) is a relatively new phenomenon in retail distribution. Under FGP, products are no longer delivered at the retailer distribution center, but collected by the retailer at the factory gates of the suppliers. Owing to both the asymmetry in the distribution networks (the supplier sites greatly outnumber the retailer distribution centers) and the better inventory and transport coordination mechanisms, this is likely to result in high savings. A mathematical model was used to analyze the benefits of FGP for a case study in the Dutch retail sector. Extensive numerical results are presented to show the effect of the orchestration shift from supplier to retailer, the improved coordination mechanisms, and sector-wide cooperation.supply chain management;factory gate pricing;retail distribution
Factory Gate Pricing: An Analysis of the Dutch Retail Distribution
Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) is a relatively new phenomenon in retail distribution.Under FGP, products are no longer delivered at the retailer distribution center, but collected by the retailer at the factory gates of the suppliers.Owing to both the asymmetry in the distribution networks (the supplier sites greatly outnumber the retailer distribution centers) and the better inventory and transport coordination mechanisms, this is likely to result in high savings.A mathematical model was used to analyze the benefits of FGP for a case study in the Dutch retail sector.Extensive numerical results are presented to show the effect of the orchestration shift from supplier to retailer, the improved coordination mechanisms, and sector-wide cooperation.pricing;retailing;distribution;supply chain management;Netherlands
Factory Gate Pricing: An Analysis of the Dutch Retail Distribution
Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) is a relatively new phenomenon in retail distribution. Under FGP, products are no longer delivered at the retailer distribution center, but collected by the retailer at the factory gates of the suppliers. Owing to both the asymmetry in the distribution networks (the supplier sites greatly outnumber the retailer distribution centers) and the better inventory and transport coordination mechanisms, this is likely to result in high savings. A mathematical model was used to analyze the benefits of FGP for a case study in the Dutch retail sector. Extensive numerical results are presented to show the effect of the orchestration shift from supplier to retailer, the improved coordination mechanisms, and sector-wide cooperation
The Vehicle Routing Problem with Divisible Deliveries and Pickups
The vehicle routing problem with divisible deliveries and pickups is a new and interesting model within
reverse logistics. Each customer may have a pickup and delivery demand that have to be served with
capacitated vehicles. The pickup and the delivery quantities may be served, if beneficial, in two separate visits.
The model is placed in the context of other delivery and pickup problems and formulated as a mixed-integer
linear programming problem. In this paper, we study the savings that can be achieved by allowing the pickup
and delivery quantities to be served separately with respect to the case where the quantities have to be served
simultaneously. Both exact and heuristic results are analysed in depth for a better understanding of the problem
structure and an average estimation of the savings due to the possibility of serving pickup and delivery
quantities separately
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