Transport mode assessment for inbound logistics: A study based on coffee industry

Over the years, inbound logistics has been prominent to many industries, as globalization has forced companies to increase productivity while reducing costs. Transport modes considerably impact the costs, and a proper evaluation should consider performance, failures as well as sustainability issues. This paper presents an approach based on stochastic Petri nets (SPN) for assessing different transport modes in inbound logistics for coffee industry taking into account performability and sustainability.

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