Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2013
Publication Source
Journal of Transportation Technologies
Abstract
In the transportation industry, companies position rolling stock where it is likely to be needed in the face of a pronounced weekly cyclical demand pattern in orders.
Strategic policies based on assumptions of repetition of cyclical weekly patterns set rolling stock targets; during tactical execution, a myriad dynamic influences cause deviations from strategically set targets. We find that optimal strategic plans do not agree with results of tactical modeling; strategic results are in fact suboptimal in many tactical situations. We discuss managerial implications of this finding and how the two modeling paradigms can be reconciled.
Inclusive pages
162-173
ISBN/ISSN
2160-0473
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2013, Michael F. Gorman. This is an open-access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher
Scientific Research Publishing
Volume
3
Issue
2
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Gorman, Michael F., "Integrating Strategic and Tactical Rolling Stock Models with Cyclical Demand" (2013). MIS/OM/DS Faculty Publications. 86.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mis_fac_pub/86
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