Article ID: | iaor2003230 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 37E |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 375 |
End Page Number: | 390 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
Journal: | Transportation Research. Part E, Logistics and Transportation Review |
Authors: | Taylor G. Don, Whicker Gary L., Usher John S. |
Keywords: | transportation: road |
This paper examines the use of multi-zone dispatching alternatives in truckload trucking using simulation methods and historical freight data of continental scale supplied by J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. After introducing the concept of zone dispatching, several alternative operational configurations are presented. Simulation results indicate that multi-zone dispatching works best when zone boundaries are configured to minimize, to the extent possible, the freight imbalance between the zones.