Cross-docking operations: Current research versus industry practice

AL Ladier, G Alpan - Omega, 2016 - Elsevier
The technique of cross-docking, which consists in unloading trucks, sorting the items they
contain and reloading them directly into outbound trucks in order to minimize temporary …

Synchronization in cross-docking networks: A research classification and framework

P Buijs, IFA Vis, HJ Carlo - European Journal of Operational Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Cross-docking is a distribution strategy that enables the consolidation of less-than-truckload
shipments into full truckloads without long-term storage. Due to the absence of a storage …

Novel modifications of social engineering optimizer to solve a truck scheduling problem in a cross-docking system

AM Fathollahi-Fard, M Ranjbar-Bourani… - Computers & Industrial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The truck scheduling problem is one of the most challenging and important types of
scheduling with a large number of real-world applications in the area of logistics and cross …

A routing and scheduling problem for cross-docking networks with perishable products, heterogeneous vehicles and split delivery

R Shahabi-Shahmiri, S Asian… - Computers & industrial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cross-docking is an effective logistics strategy that has long been employed in supply
chains with perishable products, where short processing time of goods is required. In this …

A bi-objective model for pickup and delivery pollution-routing problem with integration and consolidation shipments in cross-docking system

HKE Abad, B Vahdani, M Sharifi, F Etebari - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Cross-docking is one of the effective strategies in logistic systems that lead to the reduction
of inventory costs and timely delivery of cargos. Overall, activities related to cross-docks …

Drone shipping versus truck delivery in a cross-docking system with multiple fleets and products

M Tavana, K Khalili-Damghani… - Expert systems with …, 2017 - Elsevier
We propose a new bi-objective multi-product combined cross-docking truck-scheduling
model with direct drone shipping and multiple fleets. The proposed model considers two …

Integrated scheduling and assignment of trucks at unit-load cross-dock terminals with mixed service mode dock doors

A Rijal, M Bijvank, R de Koster - European Journal of Operational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Scheduling trucks and assigning them to dock doors are two major operational decisions at
cross-dock facilities. Including flexibility by operating (part of) the dock doors in a mixed …

Truck scheduling in a multi-door cross-docking center with partial unloading–Reinforcement learning-based simulated annealing approaches

A Shahmardan, MS Sajadieh - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a truck scheduling problem at a cross-docking center is investigated where
inbound trucks are also used as outbound. Moreover, inbound trucks do not need to unload …

Truck scheduling in multi-door cross docking terminal by modified particle swarm optimization

W Wisittipanich, P Hengmeechai - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
In today's distribution environment, one of the main strategies is to minimize cost by reducing
inventory and timely shipments. Cross docking is a logistic management strategy in which …

A comparative study of formulations for a cross-dock door assignment problem

S Gelareh, F Glover, O Guemri, S Hanafi, P Nduwayo… - Omega, 2020 - Elsevier
A cross docking facility is a type of warehouse in supply chain management that allows
orders to be prepared with or without going through the phase of storing products in the …