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Volume 17, Issue 3
1 March 1987
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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management
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Review Article| March 01 1987

Multi‐Stage Transportation Consolidation Analysis Using Dynamic Simulation

David J. Closs;
David J. Closs
Michigan State University
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Robert L. Cook
Robert L. Cook
Central Michigan University
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1747-3683
Print ISSN: 0269-8218
© MCB UP Limited
1987
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Materials Management (1987) 17 (3): 28–45.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb014657

One strategy that can offer substantial transportation performance improvement is freight consolidation. Freight consolidation refers to the practice of aggregating customer orders over space and/or time until a specified minimum total shipment weight/volume is accumulated and/or a maximum holding time for the oldest customer order is reached. The aggregated customer orders are then shipped together.

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