Estimating the effects of carrier transit-time performance on logisitics cost and service

Estimating the effects of carrier transit-time performance on logisitics cost and service

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Article ID: iaor1999266
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 32A
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 89
End Page Number: 97
Publication Date: Feb 1998
Journal: Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice
Authors: ,
Keywords: inventory
Abstract:

Joint determination of an appropriate transportation mode and an optimal inventory control policy is important in supply chain management. We present a method of estimating the effects of carrier transit-time performance on logistics cost and service. Unlike current approaches, this method enables users to develop accurate estimates when non-normal shapes characterize the probability distributions of both demand and lead time. Additionally, the methodology includes two important refinements to the standard transportation–inventory model. First, we relaxed the assumption that the shipping cost is a linear function of the order quantity. Second, we treated transit time as a segment of lead time. We used the gamma distribution to illustrate the flexibility of the method and developed an enhanced sensitivity-analysis tool for examining the effects of carrier transit time on both cost and service. The methodology is appropriate for the transportation of service-sensitive, independent-demand inventory items controlled by a continuous review inventory system.

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