英文摘要 |
In a complex co-producing and competitive global market, an integrated logistics system would add significant value to a manufacturer; if the transportation service provided by third party logistics could be coordinated with the manufacturer's production process in which downstream market demand information is incorporated. Besides, the integrated logistics system can even become a major factor affecting the manufacturer's production strategy. This study formulated au integrated model to minimize the total cost of production and transportation. A roll-over approach was then adopted to solve the optimization problem so as to cope with uncertain demands. Results from the case study indicated that under an uncertain demand environment, the roll-over approach performed better than a one-time static decision approach. Furthermore, influenced by pricing gap between marine and air transportation, marine was still the major transportation mode. As to the distribution of the shipment, it is influenced not only by customers' demand hut also by the frequency of transportation services. In addition, the empirical study result also suggested that the increase of air freight transportation demand to Shanghai resulting from the direct cross-strait operation might not he as expected due to cost difference between marine and air transportation, although the willingness of using air transportation is increased. |