eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2007-06-30
3
2
article
GENETIC ALGORITHMS FOR 3D PACKAGING PROBLEMS IN FOOD INDUSTRY
Semih Ötleş
1
Mustafa Murat Inceoglu
1
Korhan Karabulut
1
Ata Önal
1
Packaging problems arise in many industries. Nowadays, with ever growing international trade, transportation costs directly affect the profits. Efficient packing is very important because even reduction a few wasted cm3s of a container can save a lot of money. This work is about a sample packaging problem in food industry. A previously introduced general-purpose method called DBLF (deepest bottom left fill) is applied to a set of problems and the results are presented. Up to 98% utilization is obtained.
http://www.logforum.net/vol3/issue2/no1/3_2_1_07.pdf
packing
container
transportation
eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2007-06-30
3
2
article
MEZOECONOMIC DIMENSION OF SUPPLY CHAINS
Anna Łupicka
1
Until recently representatives of economics specialized in examining microeconomic and macroeconomic problems. In the 20th century new areas of analysis, appointed by locating objects which they concern turned up at the economic system as a whole taken hold. At least at present a trial attempt is filling the leading part still widely comprehended systemizm let for distinguishing levels of economical analysis. Situating chains of supplies on the appropriate level of economical analysis is an important problem.
http://www.logforum.net/vol3/issue2/no2/3_2_2_07.pdf
mezosystem
supply chains
economical analysis
eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2007-06-30
3
2
article
INTERMODAL TRANSPORT IN POLAND
Leszek Mindur
1
Jerzy Wronka
1
The article contains the following sections: Introduction, three main parts and a Summary. The first part is an opinion of intermodal transport in Poland. In the second part the author defines all the targets and directions of intermodal transport development. The third part shows the basic conditions, necessary to realize the strate
http://www.logforum.net/vol3/issue2/no3/3_2_3_07.pdf
intermodal transport
transportsystem
logistic centres
eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2007-06-30
3
2
article
Planning process support for intermodal supply chains
Bogusław Śliwczyński
1
The main addressed challenge is to prepare for the future growth in transportation and logistics and to bring this issue from analysis mode into actions. Within the Baltic Sea Region is seen increased exploitation of natural resources (seafood, petroleum, minerals, forest products etc.) that results in increased transport demand as well as increased general trade due to strong economical growth. The development of transnational cooperation and interlinking of regions or actors of Region is one of intermodal supply chain main objective.
The intermodal planning is focused on choices support, while intermodal planning emphasized the most efficient way of moving from point-to-point within the system. The solution presented in this paper is unique in its approach to manage supply chain and logistics services as a collection of configurable processes. Multiple operators’ activities are not managed as individual files, but as services in a coherent process. This enables proper planning and enhanced visibility.
http://www.logforum.net/vol3/issue2/no4/3_2_4_07.pdf
supply chain
planning system
transport corridor
interoperability
intermodal operations
collaboration network