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A Two Stage Approach for Balancing a Periodic Long-Haul Transportation Network

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This paper presents a concept and planning methods to adapt lean production principles – especially regularity and balancing – to a long-haul transportation network. The two stage approach is discussed and solution methods for both stages are outlined. Summarised results of a simulation study on real network data are given to show the logistical impact of the concept.

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Meyer, A., Cardeneo, A., Furmans, K. (2011). A Two Stage Approach for Balancing a Periodic Long-Haul Transportation Network. In: Hu, B., Morasch, K., Pickl, S., Siegle, M. (eds) Operations Research Proceedings 2010. Operations Research Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20009-0_41

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