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Slides from 1997 Poster Overview

Slides from 1997 Poster Overview. Transportation and Supply Chain Projects Sponsored by Partner Centers. TRANSPORTATION. Rural Transportation. Networks & Routing. Resource Utilization. Optimal Door Assignment MBTC-98-2. Truck-Barge MBTC-98-5. Trucking & Inter-Modal MBTC-98-1 & 6.

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Slides from 1997 Poster Overview

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  1. Slides from 1997 Poster Overview

  2. Transportation and Supply Chain Projects Sponsored by Partner Centers

  3. TRANSPORTATION Rural Transportation Networks & Routing Resource Utilization Optimal Door Assignment MBTC-98-2 Truck-Barge MBTC-98-5 Trucking & Inter-Modal MBTC-98-1 & 6 Merge in Transit MBTC-98-4 Trailer Mgt. MBTC-98-3 Public Transit MBTC-98-7 & 8 Taylor, Cole, Malstrom, Boardman, Meinter, Mukundh Cole, English, Alam, Mukundh, Mohsin, Youngblood Malstrom, Butler, Jacob, Maxwell, Trusty

  4. TRUCKING STUDIES • LTL Trailer Pool Modeling • LTL Breakbulk Location Determination • LTL and TL Tool Development Using GIS • TL Lane and Zone Development • TL Marketing Paradigms • Intermodal Cost Analysis • Intermodal Simulation

  5. INTER-MODAL

  6. Factory Port Merge Points MERGE IN TRANSIT Subassemblies arrive at Merge Points from Port and Factory for light assembly & shipment to nearby customers

  7. How to transfer? DOOR ASSIGNMENT • Outgoing trucks • Incoming trucks Terminal Manager

  8. I need 2 trailers ! TRAILERMANAGEMENT • Too many = $$$ Terminal Manager • Too few = poor service

  9. TRUCK-BARGE • COCITE is the Council on Cooperative Intermodal Transportation • Includes Members of Various Ports, Mack-Blackwell, University of Arkansas, and Other Waterway Officials • Formed With the Intent to Expand to Include Interested Shippers

  10. Evaluating the role of public transit in welfare reform. Determining the transportation requirements of the welfare to work recipients. Forecast Transportation Requirements. Develop models for Handling Requirements. PUBLIC TRANSIT

  11. Slides from 1998 Poster Overview

  12. Transportation Systems

  13. TRANSPORTATIONSYSTEMS Asset Monitoring TLI-AR-98-6 MBTC-1998 4 Projects MBTC-1999 5 Projects

  14. TLI-AR-98-6Transportation Systems • Monitoring Logistics Assets • Raytheon • Tom Landers, Don Taylor, and Nancy Sloan • Simulated the use of intelligent tracking technologies to determine the efficacy of using them for trailer tracking in TL trucking. • Performed a factorial analysis to represent a broad range of operating conditions

  15. MBTC-1998Transportation Systems Studies • MBTC-98-5 A Feasibility Study for Truck-Barge Intermodal Freight • MBTC-98-6Real-TimeRouting of Shipments Considering Transfer Costs and Shipment Characteristics • MBTC-98-7Assessment and Development of Scheduling and Dispatching Software for Arkansas Public Transit • MBTC-98-8 Evaluating the Role of Public Transportation in Welfare Reform (No Poster)

  16. MBTC-1999Transportation Systems Studies • MBTC-99-2 A Simple Approach to Linehaul- Backhaul Problems • MBTC-99-3 Marketing of Container-on-Barge (COB) Transportation to Promote Increased Utilization of Arkansas Waterways • MBTC-99-4/5/6 Current Research Projects in Truckload and LTL Trucking • Intermodal Break-Even Analysis • Simulation of Rail Component of IM Transit • Alternative Marketing and Dispatching Strategies

  17. Slides from 1999 Poster Overview

  18. TRANSPORTATIONSYSTEMS TLI Projects(99) TLI Projects(00) MBTC Projects Limited Dispatch TLI-99-10a Transport Mode TLI-00-2a 1998-1999 4 Projects Local Dispatch TLI-99-10b Yield Mgmt TLI-00-5a 1999-2000 3 Projects IM Dispatch TLI-00-5b IM Balance TLI-00-5c Long Trailers TLI-00-7

  19. TLI-AR-99-10aTLI Transportation Projects(99) • Dispatching Within a Terminal City Network • J.B. Hunt Transport • Don Taylor and Alisha Youngblood • Partition driver pools into terminal city drivers and OTR drivers • Examine the effectiveness of terminal city drivers • Examine the impact on remaining OTR drivers

  20. TLI-AR-99-10bTLI Transportation Projects(99) • Analysis and Development of Tools to Support Intermodal Operations • J.B. Hunt Transport • Amelia Regan and Xiubin Wang • Develop tools to dispatch local ground moves in support of intermodal operations • Examine the impact of increasing reliance on intermodal freight operations • Take an initial look at equipment balance problems

  21. TLI-AR-00-2aTLI Transportation Projects(00) • The Analysis of Intermodal Choice Combinations for Military Supplies and Materiel • Defense Logistics Agency • Manuel Rossetti, Terry Collins and Nancy Sloan • Develop software to assist in modal selection for ground, air, or water for various customers and scenarios • Extend TLI-AR-98(00)-8 into a global environment

  22. TLI-AR-00-5aTLI Transportation Projects(00) • Yield Management Activities in Truckload Trucking • J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. • Don Taylor, Derik Gibson and Soo-Seng Ong • Review the published literature to find examples and applications of yield management in truckload trucking • Drive versus wait modeling

  23. TLI-AR-00-5bTLI Transportation Projects(00) • Analysis and Development of Tools to Support Intermodal Operations • J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. • Amelia Regan and Xiangwen Lu • An extension of TLI-AR-99-10b • Primary focus on improving scheduling algorithms for field implementation • Examine formulations for intermodal equipment balance

  24. TLI-AR-00-5cTLI Transportation Projects(00) • Intermodal Network Balance and Supply Chain Management • J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. • Don Taylor and Taimor El-Cheikh • A detailed examination of intermodal ramp balance • Merge the ramp balance problem with dray operations • Provide pricing guidelines to help achieve balance

  25. TLI-AR-00-7TLI Transportation Projects(00) • The Effects of Extended Trailers on the Trucking Industry • National Science Foundation • Don Taylor and Shelly Gann • Determine the effects of longer than standard trailers on the trucking industry. • What are the effects on customers, carriers, safety, pricing, etc.

  26. MBTC(1998-1999)Transportation Systems Studies • MBTC-1084 A Genetic Algorithm Approach to TLT Breakbulk Terminal Door Assignment-Cole • MBTC-1100 Marketing of Intermodal Cost Software-Boardman • MBTC-1101 Finding Synergy in Intermodal Operations with Truck and Rail-Taylor • MBTC-1102 A Guided Local Search for the Vehicle Roting Problem with Time Windows-Cole

  27. MBTC(1999-2000)Transportation Systems Studies • MBTC-2003 Container Management for Multi-Modal Transportation Networks-Cole • MBTC-2004 Efficient Dispatching in a Terminal City Network (builds on TLI-AR-99-10a) -Taylor • MBTC-2005 Quantifying the Impact of Refrigerated Unit Failures-English

  28. Slides from 2000 Poster Overview

  29. University of ArkansasCurrent TLI Projects continued Transportation Systems • Analysis of Intermodal Choice Combinations Defense Logistics Agency • Integration of Warehouse and Trucking Functions Global Concepts Inc. • Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center Projects • Efficient Dispatching in a Terminal City Network (Kutanoglu/Taylor(UL)) MBTC 2004 • Quantifying the Impact of Refrigerated Unit Failures (Nutter(MEEG)/English/Cassady/Taylor(UL)) MBTC 2005 • Efficient Timing of Pickup and Delivery Assignment Decisions (Kutanoglu/Taylor(UL)) MBTC 2013 • Determining Optimal Trailer Duty as a Function of Use and Age (Nutter(MEEG)/Cassady) MBTC 2017 • Development of a Deterrence Function for the Gravity Modeling of Electronic Commerce (Kutanoglu/Cole/Bartolacci(PSU)) MBTC 2012 • On-line Benchmarking Database for Transportation Providers (Rossetti/Collins) MBTC 2015

  30. Analysis of Intermodal Choice Combinationsand Pre-positioning Strategies for Military Supplies and Materiel (TLI-AR00-2) Leader in Logistics: Defense Logistics Agency Project Director: Manuel Rossetti Co-PIs: Terry Collins, Erhan Kutanoglu Assistants: Nancy Sloan, Yeu-San Tee, Mee-Ching Chow Problem:Determine pre-positioning strategies for supplying Pacific Rim sites that can simultaneously meet desired service and cost levels. Objective:Develop transportation and inventory models to optimize DLA’s inventory decisions for the Pacific Rim.

  31. Methodology/Conclusion Methodology: Phase 1: Evaluation of pre-existing software (ShipCost) for use in the analysis of DLA’s shipping options. Development of ShipRoutes spreadsheet application for DLA’s logistics network in the Pacific Rim. Based on the same cost models as ShipCost, it calculates total transportation cost and time for all modal combinations for a route. Phase 2: Discovery and evaluation of multi-echelon inventory models and spreadsheets appropriate to DLA’s inventory system, considering meeting customer service requirements at the least cost for transportation, ordering, and inventory. Conclusion:Lack of real data precluded testing the models developed by U of A.

  32. Integrating the Warehousing and Transportation Functions of the Supply Chain—A Pull Model (TLI-AR01-06) Global Concepts, Inc. Project Director: Scott J. Mason Description:Optimizing key components of the supply chain in isolation, while promoting locally optimum solutions, can result in globally sub-optimal performance. Objective:Explore the potential advantages of integrating these two critically-linked segments during supply chain optimization using a pull model with the goal of establishing a virtual warehouse.

  33. Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center • 4 new projects • Efficient Timing of Pickup and Delivery Assignment Decisions (Kutanoglu/Taylor(UL)) MBTC 2013 • Determining Optimal Trailer Duty as a Function of Use and Age (Nutter(MEEG)/Cassady) MBTC 2017 • Development of a Deterrence Function for the Gravity Modeling of Electronic Commerce (Kutanoglu/Cole/Bartolacci(PSU)) MBTC 2012 • On-line Benchmarking Database for Transportation Providers (Rossetti/Collins) MBTC 2015

  34. Efficient Timing of Pickup and Delivery Assignment Decisions (2013) Industry Support: J.B. Hunt Transport Researchers: Erhan Kutanoglu, Univ. of Arkansas G. Don Taylor, Univ. of Louisville Darsono Tjokroamidjojo Problem: Find the best time for making load assignment decisions: Should one wait for last minute opportunities or preplan these activities? Approach: Using simulation and optimization, quantify the trade-off between having an early plan and waiting for soon-to-arrive opportunities

  35. Efficient Timing of Pickup and Delivery Assignment Decisions Objective:Provide a simulation and optimization-based tool for this analysis. Current Activities • Have met with the JB Hunt Transport Personnel • Started modeling activities at UL and UA campuses: • Optimization: UA • Simulation: UL

  36. Determining Optimal Trailer Duty as a Function of Use and Age (2017) Industrial Collaborator: Tyson Foods Researchers: Darin Nutter (MEEG) and Richard Cassady, and Chet Tuck Wong Objectives • to model the operation and maintenance of a refrigerated transportation system • to use this model to optimize trailer duty assignment

  37. Determining Optimal Trailer Duty as a Function of Use and Age Task Plan • identification of system scope and economic performance measures • modeling of the failure and repair processes • construction of a simulation model • definition of a trailer duty assignment policy • optimization of policy parameters • generation of final report Current Activities • Literature Review • fleet buy-repair-sell policies • imperfect maintenance models • Preliminary Data Analysis • characterizing MBTC #2005 trailer failure data

  38. Development of a Deterrence Function for the Gravity Modeling of Electronic Commerce (2012) Industry Support: ABF Researchers: Erhan Kutanoglu and Mike Cole, Univ. of Arkansas Mike Bartolacci, Penn State Research Assistant: Adam Ho Problem: What is the effect of increasing e-commerce activities on the existing physical transportation network? Approach: Estimate the amount of commerce generated by e-commerce using Gravity Models

  39. Development of a Deterrence Function for the Gravity Modeling of Electronic Commerce Objective: Develop a modeling tool to help planners estimate e-commerce generated transportation flows and predict the effects on the transportation system Current Activities • Data sources: Dept. of Commerce, DOT, Retail Foundation. • Developed the preliminary version of the gravity model using the data gathered • Will present initial results in INFORMS San Antonio meeting in November • Working on a paper for a conference in March 2001

  40. On-line Benchmarking Database for Transportation Providers (2015) Researchers: Manuel D. Rossetti and Terry Collins Research Assistant:Tat Yuen Sang Goal: • To support innovation and dissemination of knowledge within the area of benchmarking analysis for transportation carriers Task Plan: • Develop transportation provider benchmarking survey instrument. • Design benchmarking database. • Develop and test database. • Market the web site to transportation providers. • Final report generation and documentation.

  41. On-line Benchmarking Database for Transportation Providers Current Activities • Reviewing literature to develop comprehensive performance metrics for evaluating transportation providers • Developing list of transportation providers • Conceptual design of benchmarking database using Unified Modeling Language (UML) methodology.

  42. Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center • Active Projects • Efficient Dispatching in a Terminal City Network (Kutanoglu/Taylor(UL)) MBTC 2004 • Quantifying the Impact of Refrigerated Unit Failures (Nutter(MEEG)/English/Cassady/Taylor(UL)) MBTC 2005

  43. Efficient Dispatching in a Terminal City Network (2004) Industry Support:J.B. Hunt Transport Researchers: Erhan Kutanoglu, University of Arkansas, G. Don Taylor, University of Louisville and Darsono Tjokroamidjojo Problem: Capture the tradeoff between driver retention and utilization objectives Approach: Form a terminal city network by partitioning drivers and network. Regularize the tour generation using simulation and optimization Objective: Provide engineered solutions to dispatching problems within terminal cities

  44. Efficient Dispatching in a Terminal City Network Activities: • Developed an aggregate planning model that incorporates simulation and optimization • Developed a driver-based operational model • Conducted experiments with real data • Showed that one can both improve the loaded mileage and regularize tours • Submitted a journal paper • Wrapping up the MBTC report • Will present results in INFORMS San Antonio Meeting in November

  45. Quantifying the Impact of Refrigerated Unit Failures (2005) Researchers: Darin Nutter (MEEG), John English, Richard Cassady, and Don Taylor (UL) Research Assistant: Chet Tuck Wong Objectives • to study the impact of refrigerated unit failures on the logistical infrastructure within the poultry processing industry • to construct a simulation model of this process and determine opportunities for improved performance Task Plan • identify and characterize reefer failure types • construct a simulation model of system • exercise the model and analyze results for an array of scenarios • generate final report

  46. Quantifying the Impact of Refrigerated Unit Failures Current Activities • developed simulation model • developed experimental test matrix • performing simulation runs and data analysis

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