Selecting a Rational Scheme of Delivery by Road Transport: A Case Study of Goods Deliveries from China to Russia through Kazakhstan
Sustainability
; 14(9):4954, 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1843009
ABSTRACT
Road transport is in most cases the only available transport option in rural regions with undeveloped railway infrastructure. The problem of choosing the structure of the logistics chain is one of the most important ones that forwarding companies must solve when planning freight transportation. Due to political peculiarities, transportation of goods by road through the territory of Kazakhstan must be carried out by national forwarders, which results in centralizing the decision-making process and shifting the tasks of designing the structure of supply chains to the Kazakh forwarding companies. In this paper, we develop a mathematical model to solve the problem of choosing the right structure for a logistics chain. The proposed model considers the existing legal constraints in the region. Based on a simulated demand for cargo deliveries from China to Russia, we use a numerical example to show how to justify the structure of the logistics chain characterized by minimal total costs of the companies involved in the delivery process.
Environmental Studies; road transport deliveries; logistics chain structure; parameters of demand for deliveries; total logistics expenses; Road transportation; Constraint modelling; Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Performance evaluation; Efficiency; COVID-19; Vehicles; Freight transportation; Simulation; Infrastructure; Rural areas; Intermodal transportation; Pandemics; Alliances; Supply chains; Roads; Logistics; Mathematical models; Europe; China; Kazakhstan; Russia
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Databases of international organizations
Database:
ProQuest Central
Type of study:
Case report
Language:
English
Journal:
Sustainability
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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