Trust building in logistics cooperations: A conceptual model for the design of a trust?building control tower strategy in multi?company cooperations in logistics

High inefficiencies in transport networks due to low utilization of transport modes, incurring unnecessary costs and burdens on the environment, are motivating companies to increasingly cooperate in logistics with companies from the same or another value chain. Although multi-company cooperations are likely to create benefits for the cooperating...

Designing Express Networks with Multi-Agent Modelling

The ORTEC Consulting Group (OCG) advises express service providers on efficient network design. A part of the challenge to this design is the hub location problem (HLP). The HLP consists of selecting optimal locations for large sorting centres (hubs) from a range of smaller sorting centres (depots) to which the rest of these depots can connect....

The redesign of the logistical system of Schiphol Airport Retail

The logistics department of Schiphol Airport Retail supplies 14 shops behind custom gates on Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. This research describes improvements to the shop supply system with the use of demand forecast and decoupling moments.