MODELLING THE EFFECTS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON JIT. IN: TRANSPORT LOGISTICS

The article's goal is to provide an analytical framework to examine the interrelationship between two rapidly growing phenomena in today's business scene: highway traffic congestion and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing/inventory management. The article provides background material on traffic congestion, then presents a modelling framework that is employed to provide some theoretical results showing the decline in logistical performance from worsening congestion. A congestion example from the Chicago are is introduced, succeeded by a hypothetical numerical example computing the effects of heightened congestion.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Originally published in: International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 1991, 21, (2) , 3-9.
• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Authors:
  • Rao, K Ramachandra
  • Grenoble, W L
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 523-529
• Serial:
  • Classics in Transport Analysis
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Inventory control; Just in time production; Logistics; Traffic congestion
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963037
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1840645512
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 2003 12:00AM