DocumentCode
704537
Title
Reducing inbound transportation costs: An application
Author
Di Vece, Carla ; Hinojosa, Mirthala ; Villarreal, Eugenia ; Villarreal, Bernardo
Author_Institution
Univ. de Monterrey, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico
fYear
2015
fDate
3-5 March 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
9
Abstract
This work describes the strategy of a leading Mexican food firm to improve its inbound transportation cost level. This is based on the application of a broad scheme for identifying and assessing areas for improving based on supplier negotiation, increasing operations efficiency and redesigning distribution schemes. The partial results of the implementation of the improvement initiatives have been important for the company, and some are still in progress.
Keywords
costing; food processing industry; goods distribution; transportation; Mexican food firm; inbound transportation costs; supplier negotiation; transportation efficiency; Companies; Manufacturing; Optimization; Raw materials; Supply chains; Transportation; Inbound transportation; empty moves; supplier negotiation; transportation efficiency;
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.2015.7093919
Filename
7093919
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