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Air cargo logistics: designing a forwarder's shipment plan model and issues.

Wong Wai Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-103). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v / ABSTRACT --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Goals and Significance --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Thesis Organization --- p.2 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Review on Air Cargo Industry --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Position of Air Cargo Logistics --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- General Air Cargo Practice --- p.3 / Chapter 2.3 --- Hong Kong Air Cargo Practice - An Example --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Air Cargo Cost Analysis --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1 --- Shipping Costs --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- International Shipping Costs --- p.12 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Local Shipping Costs --- p.14 / Chapter 3.2 --- Shipment Categorization --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Illustrative Examples - Hong Kong --- p.18 / Chapter 3.3 --- Analysis of shipping cost --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4. --- Freight Forwarders' means for freight forwarders' success --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Consolidation --- p.31 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Integration --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Cooperation among freight forwarders to combine the cargos --- p.44 / Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- A Mixed 0-1 LP Model of Air Cargo Logistics integration & consolidation --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1 --- Statement of the Problem --- p.47 / Chapter 4.2 --- Literature Review --- p.49 / Chapter 4.3 --- Objective Function --- p.51 / Chapter 4.4 --- Logical Constraints --- p.52 / Chapter 4.5 --- Resources Constraints --- p.54 / Chapter 4.6 --- The Model --- p.55 / Chapter 4.7 --- Properties of the Model --- p.56 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Solution Process --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Tabu Search --- p.59 / Chapter 5.2 --- Tabu Search Algorithm --- p.62 / Chapter 5.3 --- Illustrative Example --- p.64 / Chapter 5.4 --- Implementation and Results --- p.70 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Extensions --- p.73 / Chapter 6.1 --- Different approaches as the initial solution --- p.73 / Chapter 6.2 --- Risk or Reliability Limit --- p.75 / Chapter 6.3 --- Consolidation with inventory penalty --- p.78 / Chapter 6.4 --- Two Phase Method --- p.79 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- Sensitivity Analysis --- p.81 / Chapter 7.1 --- Delivery time --- p.81 / Chapter 7.2 --- Charging price and cost --- p.85 / Chapter 7.3 --- Resources allocations --- p.92 / Chapter 7.4 --- A series of good solutions --- p.95 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.98 / Chapter 8.1 --- Future Work --- p.98 / Chapter 8.2 --- Future Research --- p.100 / LIST OF REFERENCES --- p.102 / Appendix --- p.104 / Simulation results --- p.104 / Pseudo code --- p.107 / Program Coding --- p.110

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324701
Date January 2004
ContributorsWong, Wai Hung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Business Administration.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vii, 170 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Hong Kong
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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