Thesis supervisor: Miklós Gubán
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Budapest Business Shool Abbreviation of location of studies: BGE
Description of the research topic:
The intensitiy of the material flow processes connected to production and services is ever increasing due to the economical performance growth and larger magnitude of supply chains.
One of the most prominent material flow channels is road transportation. The road transportation method is economical mostly in local and regional scale, but because of its many advantages it is applied for larger distances as well. This high ratio of application compared to the other ways of transportation is due to the denser road network, fast execution, big level of adaptation to the need of the customer, and the small strain on the product during transportation. The main characteristic of the international product transportation is that it mainly consists of transport loops. The main goal of the transport providers is economical operation, in other words the minimization of the transport cost per product.
As it emerges from the previous details the planning of the inter-enterprise material flow processes of the supply chain is rather complicated and the description of the processes requires serious observations. The point of time to fulfil the resource requirements of the material flow is exceptionally hard to define. The logistical costs play an important role in the examination of the topic. As an example: where and when to refuel the vehicle in order to optimize the costs taking into account the possible places to refuel and the dependence of the fuel price on them.
As a first step to elaborate the topic the national and international literature of the topic have to be evaluated. The already revealed parts of the topic and the applied solutions are to be methodically reviewed.
The main cost elements have to be defined that have the largest effect on the processes. Their definition is of utmost importance.
The next important part of the research is to define a condition system that well circumscribes the possible solutions. This system would precisely model the problem.
By using the logistical cost elements an objective function can be defined that would optimize the material flow between enterprises. The goal is not only to fulfil the needs for resources, but also to assign the optimal service providers that would provide the resources. Furthermore the route of material flow that belongs to the optimal assignments has to be defined.
The evaluation of a solution method for the optimization task connected to the given model and its fine tuning to the specific task is also part of the work.
Required language skills: magyar, angol
Deadline for application: 2018-03-31
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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