A scheme to achieve distribution agility

Author

Villarreal, Bernardo ; Garzafox, Lorena ; Muraira, Etna

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ing., Univ. de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza García, Mexico

fYear

2015

fDate

3-5 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

This work describes a suggested scheme to define a distribution strategy to increase the level of agility for a distribution network. This is based on the application of a scheme for increasing efficiency in the distribution operations on a detailed level. The Total Operational Vehicle Effectiveness (TOVE) index is used as the main performance measure. Availability, performance and quality wastes are identified using a Transportation Value Stream Map (TVSM) of the transportation operation. The implementation of the improvement initiatives is still in progress but the projected and available results are provided.

Keywords

distribution strategy; TOVE index; agile distribution; distribution network; distribution strategy; performance measure; total operational vehicle effectiveness; transportation value stream map; Availability; Companies; Manufacturing; Routing; Supply chains; Vehicles; Agile distribution; lean transportation; transportation efficiency; transportation value stream map;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-6064-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093817

Filename

7093817