Optimal quoting of delivery time by a third party logistics provider: the impact of shipment consolidation and temporal pricing schemes

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.021zbMath1253.90055MaRDI QIDQ1926826

James H. Bookbinder, M. Ali Ülkü

Publication date: 29 December 2012

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.03.021

zbMATH Keywords

optimization; logistics; revenue management; order consolidation; delivery-time guarantee; price- and time-sensitive demand

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B06: Transportation, logistics and supply chain management

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