Schedules for main runs

Schedules for main runs – Development of an approach for planning main runs between a supplier close cross-dock and a plan close cross-dock

Client: Volkswagen Logistics GmbH & Co. OHG

Duration: From 2011 to 2013

 

Project Data

  • Martin Grunewald

 

Kooperationspartner

 

Initial Situation and Problem

Proporties of consolidated freight

  • High number of different parts and boxes
  • Fluctuating demand
  • Middle or low order quantities

 

Objective and Approach

  • Development of an approach for planning stable schedules for main runs
  • Identification of requirements of main runs
  • Development of a conceptual model

  • Implementation of the developed planning approach in a prototype

  • Evalutation the planning approach by simulation
  • Implementing a practical test of the developed approach to plannin