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Analysis and Improvement of Cross-dock Operations in Less-than-Truckload Freight Transportation Industry
… profit margins. Carriers in this industry strive to reduce costs and improve customer service to remain profitable. LTL carriers rely on a network of hubs and service centers to transfer freight. A hub is typically a cross docking terminal in which shipments from inbound trailers are unloaded and …
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Improving the Efficiency of Hub Operations in a Less-than-Truckload Distribution Network
… operations. The focus of this research effort is to improve hub operations in order to reduce costs and increase service performance levels. Specifically, new approaches are investigated for assigning trailers to dock doors and sequencing the unloading of shipments at hubs. This thesis reviews …