A GSPN based approach to evaluate outbound logistics

Author

Alves, Gabriel, Jr. ; Maciel, Paulo ; Lima, Ricardo

Author_Institution

Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife

fYear

2007

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

708

Lastpage

713

Abstract

The outbound logistics can determine the success or failure of an industry. It has a high participation in overall logistics costs and is a decisive factor for the Quality of Service (QoS). Measuring this activity and evaluating possible changes will help its management and can lead to a cost reduction and a better QoS. This paper proposes the use of predefined Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets (GSPN) components that allows the evaluation of vehicles utilization, storage levels and QoS indices. The model representing an outbound logistics scenario is obtained with a bottom-up approach, through the composition of these components, guaranteeing some expected GSPN properties. At the end of this paper, a study case made in a Brazilian meat processing industry is presented.

Keywords

Petri nets; logistics; stochastic processes; Brazilian meat processing industry; bottom-up approach; generalized stochastic Petri net; outbound logistics evaluation; quality of service; storage level; vehicle utilization; Costs; Logistics; Manufacturing; Performance evaluation; Petri nets; Quality of service; Stochastic processes; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2007. ISIC. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0990-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0991-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2007.4413970

Filename

4413970