Temperature controlled shipments in temporary storage location choice of KLM Cargo

Master thesis (2019)

Authors

Z. Kang Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Contributors

Lorant Tavasszy Transport and Planning - CEG (supervisor 1)
M. Janic Transport and Planning - CEG (supervisor 2)
W.W.A. Beelaerts van Blokland Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (supervisor 2)
Rutger-Jan Pegels KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (supervisor 2)
X. Lin Transport Engineering and Logistics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (supervisor 2)
Faculty
Civil Engineering & Geosciences
Copyright: © 2019 Zhao Kang
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Published Date

22-11-2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Abstract

Ambient temperature has been identified as the most common reason for quality loss of most high value perishable goods. In actual operation, it is not cost-effective to cool perishable products in active and/or passive containers when their storage time in the warehouse is short. In order to o reduce the quality loss caused by the temperature, this research proposed a control strategy to find suitable temporary storage locations of the warehouse in advance for different types of perishable goods. The control strategy consists of indoor temperature prediction model, quality loss model and location choice model. By comparing with the actual case data, it is found that when the indoor average temperature increases, the proposed control strategy can significantly reduce the quality loss.