Document Type
Research Paper
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
As part of the 2010 IMHRC, Montreuil, Meller and Ballot enumerated the type of facilities that would be necessary to operate a Physical Internet (PI, π), which they termed, “π-nodes.” This paper is part of a three-paper series for the 2012 IMHRC where the authors provide functional designs of three PI facilities. This paper covers a PI road-rail hub. The purpose of a PI road-rail node is to enable the transfer of PI containers from their inbound to outbound destinations. Therefore, a road-rail π-hub provides a mechanism to transfer π-containers from a train to another one or a truck or from a truck to a train. The objective of the paper is to provide a design that is feasible to meet the objectives of this type of facility, identify ways to measure the performance of the design, and to identify research models that would assist in the design of such facilities. The functional design is presented in sufficient detail as to provide an engineer a proof of concept.
Publication Title
Progress in Material Handling Research: 2012
Recommended Citation
Ballot, Eric; Montreuil, Benoit; and Thivierge, Collin, "Functional Design of Physical Internet Facilities: A Road-rail Hub" (2012). 12th IMHRC Proceedings (Gardanne, France – 2012). 13.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/pmhr_2012/13
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