DETERMINING TACTICAL OPERATIONAL PLANNING POLICIES FOR AN AUTO CARRIER

Authors

  • A.J. Du Plessis Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University
  • J. Bekker Department of Industrial Engineering, Stellenbosch University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/21-2-59

Keywords:

tactical operational planning, decision-making rules for roaming and fixed-to-route auto carriers, tactical operations policy, ?auto carrier company

Abstract

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study was done to assist a local auto carrier company with tactical operational planning. The objective of the planning process is to maximise the number of vehicles delivered while being on time and adhering to staff and maintenance schedule constraints.

We investigated the feasibility of allowing part of the fleet to roam the closed spatial network, as opposed to the traditional assignment of the complete fleet to fixed routes. We developed decision-making rules for roaming and fixed-to-route auto carriers, and evaluated the quality of these proposed rules, in combination with different fleet compositions, using discrete event simulation and four performance measures.

We found that the auto carrier company should adopt a tactical operations policy where at least 50% of the fleet is allowed to roam, while roaming auto carriers pick vehicles to transport according to specific rules.

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Published

2011-11-05

How to Cite

Du Plessis, A., & Bekker, J. (2011). DETERMINING TACTICAL OPERATIONAL PLANNING POLICIES FOR AN AUTO CARRIER . The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.7166/21-2-59

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2010)

Section

Case Studies

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