%0 Journal Article
%T A Time Scheduling Model of Logistics Service Supply Chain with Mass Customized Logistics Service
%A Weihua Liu
%A Yi Yang
%A Xiang Li
%A Haitao Xu
%A Dong Xie
%J Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/482978
%X With the increasing demand for customized logistics services in the manufacturing industry, the key factor in realizing the competitiveness of a logistics service supply chain (LSSC) is whether it can meet specific requirements with the cost of mass service. In this case, in-depth research on the time-scheduling of LSSC is required. Setting the total cost, completion time, and the satisfaction of functional logistics service providers (FLSPs) as optimal targets, this paper establishes a time scheduling model of LSSC, which is constrained by the service order time requirement. Numerical analysis is conducted by using Matlab 7.0 software. The effects of the relationship cost coefficient and the time delay coefficient on the comprehensive performance of LSSC are discussed. The results demonstrate that with the time scheduling model in mass-customized logistics services (MCLSs) environment, the logistics service integrator (LSI) can complete the order earlier or later than scheduled. With the increase of the relationship cost coefficient and the time delay coefficient, the comprehensive performance of LSSC also increases and tends towards stability. In addition, the time delay coefficient has a better effect in increasing the LSSC¡¯s comprehensive performance than the relationship cost coefficient does. 1. Introduction In the face of growing demand for customized logistics services, numerous logistics enterprises are not only providing customers with mass services, but are also beginning to meet the demand for customized services and are considering a change in their logistics service modes. Specifically, they try to provide mass customized logistics services (MCLS) instead of mass logistics services [1]. MCLS represents a significant development in logistics services, and a logistics company¡¯s capability to offer MCLS is crucial to enhance its market competitiveness. In the MCLS environment, to meet customized service demand and offer large-scale services, several logistics enterprises form a logistics service supply chain (LSSC) via union and integration [2, 3]. LSSC is a new supply chain of which logistics service integrator (LSI) is the core enterprise. The basic structure of LSSC is functional logistics service provider (FLSP) ¡ú LSI ¡ú customer. FLSP is integrated by LSI when LSI builds the integrated logistics to customer. The main purpose of LSSC is to provide the flexible logistics service for manufacturing supply chain [3]. As the core enterprise of a LSSC, the LSI integrates the advantages of the FLSPs, such as various logistics processes and
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