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A logistics cost function with explicit transport costs

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  • Minken, Harald
  • Johansen, Bjørn Gjerde

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With a view to construct a new framework to assess the benefits of freight transport improvements, an Economic Order Quantity model with uncertain lead time demand is equipped with detailed transport costs. The problem is to minimise total logistics cost by choosing shipment size, vehicle size and reorder point subject to constraints on vehicle size and annual transport capacity. An analytical solution in all variables except the reorder point is derived, reducing the cost minimisation problem to a well-behaved problem in one dimension only.

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  • Minken, Harald & Johansen, Bjørn Gjerde, 2019. "A logistics cost function with explicit transport costs," Economics of Transportation, Elsevier, vol. 19(C), pages 1-1.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecotra:v:19:y:2019:i:c:6
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecotra.2019.04.001
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    Keywords

    Logistics; Transport cost; Non-linear optimization; EOQ; Uncertain lead time demand;
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    JEL classification:

    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • R41 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise

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