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So, Man-cheong. "A study of freight transport air cargo in Hong Kong /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B39634437.
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Buzdugan, Maria. "Current and emerging air cargo security and facilitation issues." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99128.
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In the wake of September 11th and following an overemphasis on passenger air travel security, the air cargo system potentially has become the primary target for terrorists. States have undertaken various regulatory approaches that involve technology and operational measures aimed at addressing the perceived security threats in the air cargo industry. This thesis presents both an overview of the potential risks and best security practices identified within several international, regional and national initiatives, including the "authorized economic operator" and "secure supply chain" mechanisms. The main challenge in designing an adequate security system appears to be ensuring that security improvements are in accord with the time-sensitive realities of air cargo industry and do not unduly interfere with trade flow. It is argued that only an international approach based on best available cargo security practices could adequately and efficiently address the current and emerging air cargo security vulnerabilities.
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Popescu, Andreea. "Air cargo revenue and capacity management." Diss., Available online, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006, 2006. http://etd.gatech.edu/theses/available/etd-11202006-095545/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Industrial & Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007.Dr. Dirk Gunther, Committee Member ; Dr. Hayriye Ayhan, Committee Member ; Dr. Ellis L. Johnson, Committee Chair ; Dr. Pinar Keskinocak, Committee Co-Chair ; Dr. Julie Swann, Committee Member
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Chau, Hoi-yan, and 周凱欣. "Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport versus Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport: an implication for closercoordination in air freight industry for the Pearl River Deltaregion." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45014036.
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Chau, Hoi-yan. "Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok International Airport versus Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport : an implication for closer coordination in air freight industry for the Pearl River Delta region /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35085174.
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Baldock, Geoffrey Clive. "Some legal aspects of an." University of Western Australia. Law School, 2003. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0119.
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[Truncated abstract] “Open Skies” is the term given to a relatively recent (1992) policy initiative of the United States in its pursuit of the deregulation of international air transportation. It represents the latest in a long line of similar initiatives which the U.S. has been pursuing almost since the inception of the aviation industry. Essentially “Open Skies” is little more than a specific type of bilateral aviation agreement between two nations (and often between more than two nations) which typically provides for open entry on routes, unrestricted capacity and frequency on routes, and unrestricted air traffic rights. The significance of Open Skies agreements is that they appear to encapsulate general world-wide trends towards open economies characterised by a minimum of government interference and a maximum reliance on market forces to allocate scarce resources ... Australia however is not one of the nations seeking to become a party to such an agreement with the U.S. despite attempts by that nation to persuade Australia to do so and the question is: Can or should Australia resist attempts by the United States to bring it within the expanding umbrella of Open Skies, or are there other practical alternatives open to Australia? After examining the history of the development of Open Skies agreements and their international legal foundation, this thesis argues that there are strong considerations of policy and economics why Australia should embrace Open Skies initially at least on a regional basis centred in the Asia Pacific region, rather than with the United States. Implicit in that proposal is the fact that in terms of its constitutional and legal system, Australia has the legal capacity to enter into Open Skies agreements. The parties to such a regional Open Skies agreement might at a later date choose to enter into a multilateral Open Skies agreement with the United States, if economic and political conditions are suitable for them to do so. On the assumption that a form of Open Skies policy will eventually be adopted by Australia this thesis examines the constitutional and domestic legal regulatory framework for aviation within Australia, and the changes if any which would be required to it, if Australia was to embrace such a policy.
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So, Man-cheong, and 蘇文昌. "A study of freight transport: air cargo in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B39634437.
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Wang, I.-Lin. "Shortest paths and multicommodity network flows." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23304.
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Chi, King-lok Steven, and 池敬樂. "A study of the policy in air freight service provision for the future Chek Lap Kok Airport." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950528.
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Salazar, Juan Carlos. "The burden of proof of the air cargo claimant under international law /." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30323.
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The air cargo industry is evolving rapidly, as is its international law regime. The recent entry into force of the Montreal Protocol No. 4 and adoption of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air signed at Montreal on 28 May 1999 constitutes a new legal framework for air cargo claims.Rather than offering definite answers, this thesis identifies some current and emerging issues in the law of air cargo claims, particularly those aspects that the claimant must prove. The work traces the development of the Warsaw System by writers and courts, and attempts to identify trends in the application and interpretation of the new legal framework. The evolution towards independence of the law of carriage of goods by air from other similar regimes, and the existing connections among them, are examined. When appropriate, common law and civil law solutions to some legal issues will be introduced.
Finally, the thesis concludes that conflicting decisions in this field could be avoided by adopting uniform rules to solve conflicts of laws and to interpret international carriage conventions.
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Fong, Sui-man Chapman, and 方瑞文. "A study on service pricing and product differentiation in Hong Kong air cargo terminal service provision." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950565.
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So, Miu-sang, and 蘇妙生. "Air cargo industry in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29830849.
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Li, Kam-kuen Timothy, and 李金權. "The Hong Kong airfreight industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31952173.
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溫智偉 and Chi-wai Andrew Wan. "Internal and external analysis of Hong Kong's air cargo industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41717156.
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Cioranu, Adrian Gabriel. "Facilitation versus security." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99131.
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The aviation industry is undeniably playing a very significant role in our day-to-day life. A vast and inter-connected web of flights ensures swift passenger travel and cargo traffic. However, in the name of security, otherwise intrinsic technicalities tend now not only to hinder on further development of aviation facilitation but also take over and lead towards the exact opposite result. What are the current measures taken by the international community to streamline passenger travel? What are the new initiatives which ought to be implemented? How is the future of aviation facilitation going to look like? How is it going to affect air travel and what legal implications is it rising? Throughout this thesis we will present the legal framework applicable to aviation facilitation and discuss the main initiatives that are being considered by ICAO and IATA in this respect. While Facilitation and Security should be considered as "two faces of the same coin", in reality they appear to "compete" against each other. Hence, we will provide our arguments in support of this theory.
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Mok, Chi-ming Victor, and 莫志明. "A study of an off-airport air-cargo terminal: the case of Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1994. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950681.
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May, Murray, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Social Ecology and Lifelong Learning. "Unpacking aviation futures : an ecological perspective on consumption, sustainability and air transport." THESIS_CAESS_SELL_May_M.xml, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/645.
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This inquiry examines aviation futures, within the broad context of sustainable consumption and ecological sustainability. Increasing mobility and rapid growth of road and air transport have been identified as key consumption issues, especially in relation to calls for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Economics and globalisation concerns have dominated recent academic studies of air transport. There is a growing critique, however, of growth-based aviation futures on a range of ecological, resource, security and health grounds. This inquiry adds to that critique. Its primary research aim is to identify and articulate visions and policies for aviation futures within an ecological framework. Analysis of relevant literatures, including those on sustainable consumption, transport and tourism, is complemented by an analysis of aviation and tourism growth trends worldwide, with specific reference to Asia-Pacific and Australian data. A case study of the privatisation and expansion of Canberra International Airport in the Australian Capital Territory is used to provide a global-local link and to address the airport aspects of aviation. The range of visions and policy measures are finally considered within broad consciousness and frameworks strategies for the transition to sustainability. An important conclusion is the strong need for independent institutions such as policy bodies and think tanks - working in conjunction with community groups- to develop and promote policy discourses and futures visions that challenge the prevailing hegemony of the business-political nexus.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Tang, Yu-to Matthew, and 鄧汝滔. "A study of international security requirement on Hong Kong air cargo industry : development and challenges." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/199874.
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Currently, most of the research related to aviation sector of Hong Kong would focus on infrastructure perspective such as the building of 3rd runway in HKIA and the cooperation issues among airports in Pearl River Delta (PRD) Region in order to analyze the impact towards competitiveness of Hong Kong as a major international air cargo hub. However, there are not much research on air cargo industry has been done from security perspective but the recent trend of tightening international security requirement has already brought significant impact on the competitiveness of Hong Kong air logistics sector.
In fact, the United States enacted the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) after the 9/11 incident in 2001 already signaled a new era in air cargo transportation. Significant security measures have been implemented to all facilities shipping cargo to the United States and air cargo sector in Hong Kong would be included. Since most of the international air cargo that enters the United States transits through large hub facilities in Asia such as Hong Kong, there is a strong air cargo network linkage between Hong Kong and the United States.
This study aims to understand the major development of international air cargo security requirement and the consequences for Hong Kong air cargo industry. This study also examines challenges of the requirement on Hong Kong air cargo industry from operational and economic perspective. An in-depth interview would be conducted to obtain industrial insights on developing recommendations on fulfilling the requirement in a cost-effective manner. This study would act as a stepping stone for further analysis on providing recommendations to facilitate the security requirement development in Hong Kong air cargo industry.published_or_final_version
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劉啓智 and Kai-chi Lau. "Integrated carriers, threat or opportunity to conventional air cargo airlines." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31268055.
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Chi, King-lok Steven. "A study of the policy in air freight service provision for the future Chek Lap Kok Airport." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13781261.
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Mahapatra, Subrat. "Analysis of routing strategies in air transportation networks for express package delivery services." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2688.
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Thesis (M.S.C.E. ) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.Thesis research directed by: Civil Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Pitts, Bobby. "DLA/FedEx premium service effects on defense distribution inventories and shipments." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2882.
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This research reviews and evaluates the FedExâ s Premium Service Program currently being used by DLA customers. The research will examine some of the benefits and costs of this co-locating of DOD warehousing and shipping operation managed by a commercial express transportation carrier. The research will view the possible benefits gained through commercial inventory and transportation practices by partnering a third party logistics service with the Defense Transportation System. DLA and FedEx have formed a partnership called DLA Premium Service. Premium Service is the only DoD warehousing operation that is co-located with and managed by a commercial express transportation carrier at FedEx main transportation hub. Premium Service System allows users to position materials in the Memphis facility for expedited delivery to the required destinations worldwide. All items are guaranteed, under contract, to be delivered to their continental U.S. (CONUS) destination within 24 hours and within 48 hours to outside of CONUS (OCONUS) to the major airports serviced by FedEx. Items will be delivered to the OCONUS final destination 24 hours of release from customs holding area at the airport. The service provides advance notification to streamline customs requirements of all OCONUS shipments.
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Tang, Yee-man Winnie, and 鄧綺雯. "Express air cargo development in the Pearl River Delta Region: present and future." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38349772.
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Kumar, Niraj. "A genetic algorithm based approach for air cargo loading problem." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38576818.
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"Monitoring air cargo shipments: a framework for detecting potential delays and prescribing corrective measures." 2007. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893196.
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Wan, Yulai.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-44).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Abstract --- p.i
Acknowledgement --- p.iii
Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.6
Chapter Chapter 3 --- Framework --- p.10
Chapter Chapter 4 --- The Simulation Model --- p.13
Chapter Chapter 5 --- Phase 1: Detect Potential Delay --- p.15
Chapter 5.1 --- The delay indicator --- p.15
Chapter 5.2 --- Setting tolerance level --- p.20
Chapter Chapter 6 --- Phase 2: Prescribe Corrective Measures --- p.22
Chapter 6.1 --- Corrective measures --- p.22
Chapter 6.2 --- Criteria of selecting measures --- p.24
Chapter Chapter 7 --- Phase 3: Validate Corrective Measures --- p.30
Chapter Chapter 8 --- Managerial Insights --- p.34
Chapter 8.1 --- "Improvement potential, tolerance level and lateness of correction" --- p.34
Chapter 8.2 --- Taking corrective measure before consolidation is helpful --- p.36
Chapter 8.3 --- Reducing activity duration is a better way to lower activity criticality --- p.37
Chapter Chapter 9 --- Conclusion and Future Research --- p.40
References --- p.42
Appendix: Program code for the simulation model --- p.45
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"Air cargo logistics: designing a forwarder's shipment plan model and issues." 2004. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5891903.
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Wong Wai Hung.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-103).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
LIST OF TABLES --- p.iii
LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v
ABSTRACT --- p.vii
Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- Goals and Significance --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Thesis Organization --- p.2
Chapter Chapter 2. --- Review on Air Cargo Industry --- p.3
Chapter 2.1 --- The Position of Air Cargo Logistics --- p.3
Chapter 2.2 --- General Air Cargo Practice --- p.3
Chapter 2.3 --- Hong Kong Air Cargo Practice - An Example --- p.1
Chapter Chapter 3. --- Air Cargo Cost Analysis --- p.12
Chapter 3.1 --- Shipping Costs --- p.12
Chapter 3.1.1 --- International Shipping Costs --- p.12
Chapter 3.1.2 --- Local Shipping Costs --- p.14
Chapter 3.2 --- Shipment Categorization --- p.15
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Illustrative Examples - Hong Kong --- p.18
Chapter 3.3 --- Analysis of shipping cost --- p.27
Chapter 3.4. --- Freight Forwarders' means for freight forwarders' success --- p.29
Chapter 3.4.1 --- Consolidation --- p.31
Chapter 3.4.2 --- Integration --- p.42
Chapter 3.4.3 --- Cooperation among freight forwarders to combine the cargos --- p.44
Chapter 3.5 --- Summary --- p.44
Chapter Chapter 4. --- A Mixed 0-1 LP Model of Air Cargo Logistics integration & consolidation --- p.47
Chapter 4.1 --- Statement of the Problem --- p.47
Chapter 4.2 --- Literature Review --- p.49
Chapter 4.3 --- Objective Function --- p.51
Chapter 4.4 --- Logical Constraints --- p.52
Chapter 4.5 --- Resources Constraints --- p.54
Chapter 4.6 --- The Model --- p.55
Chapter 4.7 --- Properties of the Model --- p.56
Chapter Chapter 5. --- Solution Process --- p.58
Chapter 5.1 --- Tabu Search --- p.59
Chapter 5.2 --- Tabu Search Algorithm --- p.62
Chapter 5.3 --- Illustrative Example --- p.64
Chapter 5.4 --- Implementation and Results --- p.70
Chapter Chapter 6. --- Extensions --- p.73
Chapter 6.1 --- Different approaches as the initial solution --- p.73
Chapter 6.2 --- Risk or Reliability Limit --- p.75
Chapter 6.3 --- Consolidation with inventory penalty --- p.78
Chapter 6.4 --- Two Phase Method --- p.79
Chapter Chapter 7. --- Sensitivity Analysis --- p.81
Chapter 7.1 --- Delivery time --- p.81
Chapter 7.2 --- Charging price and cost --- p.85
Chapter 7.3 --- Resources allocations --- p.92
Chapter 7.4 --- A series of good solutions --- p.95
Chapter Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.98
Chapter 8.1 --- Future Work --- p.98
Chapter 8.2 --- Future Research --- p.100
LIST OF REFERENCES --- p.102
Appendix --- p.104
Simulation results --- p.104
Pseudo code --- p.107
Program Coding --- p.110
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"An airfreight forwarder's job bidding, resource planning, and revenue management." 2014. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6115659.
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如今許多商品都採用航空運輸。據預測，未來20年中世界航空貨運量將至少翻番。類似旅行中介，空運貨代是航空公司和貨主的中間人。貨代處理了超過80的國際航空貨運量，並以及時、安全、經濟的方式代表貨主管理整個運輸過程。本論文包括關於空運貨代的三項研究：第一項研究（第一章）中，空運貨代的資源規劃和收入管理被結合起來。在資源規劃方面，我們考慮從航空公司、合作夥伴、以及分包商，分別購買多少艙位。在收入管理方面，我們考慮兩個細分市場，即固定客戶和臨時客戶，並決定接受或拒絶請求的準則。首先，我們考慮固定客戶先於臨時客戶到達的模式，並考察資源規劃決策和收入管理決策之間的關係。然後，我們考慮固定客戶和臨時客戶可以以任何順序到達的模式，同樣，我們考察資源規劃與收入管理決策的互動，並比較兩個到達模式的結果。
第二項研究（第二章）中，我們設計了一個針對貨物競價和物流規劃問題的啟發式算法。該算法可得出物流規劃環境中的最優競價策略。它包括兩個階段;第一階段遍歷出價決策，以及決定競拍窗口中的物流分配，第二階段決定之後的物流分配。這兩個階段的物流分配都由禁忌環境下的鄰域搜索決定。我們還提出了算法的改進策略。實驗表明算法是有效的。該算法由Leung et al.(2013)的論文“An Airfreight Forwarder'sShipment Bidding and Logistics Planning中描述的問題所啟發。事實上，它解決了該論文中的兩階段隨機規劃問題。雖然該算法僅在該論文的第4節, 但為了把它放在良好的背景下,經作者許可該論文被完整地被列入本章。
第三項研究（第三章）中，我們考慮貨代的貨物競拍和收入管理問題。貨物的網上競拍是許多物流平台的普遍做法。在競拍環境中，貨代的收入管理具有挑戰性，且必須基於組合的概念。此問題因物流規劃的考慮變得更加複雜。我們首先不考慮物流規劃，構建了一個基本模型，並得出最佳決策的解析結果。之後，我們擴展了基本模型以加入物流規劃決策。我們還基於一個例子探討了管理見解。
Nowadays, a wide range of goods are shipped by air, especially those of high value-to-weight ratio. It is forecasted that world air cargo traffic will more than double over the next 20 years. Analogous to travel agents, airfreight forwarders are intermediaries between airlines and shippers, handling more than 80% of international airfreight volume. On behalf of shippers, forwarders manage the entire shipping process in a timely, safe, and cost-effective manner.
The thesis consists of three studies in airfreight forwarding: In the first study (Chapter One), we integrate an airfreight forwarder’s resource planning and revenue management. On resource planning, we consider the problem of determining the amount of cargo space to acquire from airlines, partners, and subcontracting agents. On revenue management, we consider two market segments, namely regular customers and adhoc customers, and determine the criterion based on which a present request is accepted or rejected. We first consider a customer arrival pattern where regular customers arrive before ad hoc customers. The relationship between resource planning decisions and revenue management decisions are examined. We then consider an arrival pattern where regular and ad hoc customers may arrive in any order. Similarly, the interactive effects of resource planning and revenue management decisions are investigated and the results of the two arrival patterns are compared.
In the second study (Chapter Two), we develop a heuristic algorithm for an airfreight forwarder’s shipment bidding and logistics planning problem. The algorithm generates an optimal bidding strategy in a logistics planning environment. It consists of two stages; the first stage enumerates possible bidding decisions utilizing a portfolio tree and addresses logistics assignments during the bidding window, while the second stage addresses subsequent logistics assignments. The logistics assignments at both stages are determined by neighborhood search within a Tabu environment. Strategies are also proposed to streamline the algorithm. Computational experiments show that it is an effective one. The algorithm is motivated by the problem described in the paper “An Airfreight Forwarder’s Shipment Bidding and Logistics Planning by Leung et al. (2013). In fact, it is used to solve a two-stage stochastic program formulated in the paper. Although the algorithm is only in Section 4 of the paper, to put it in a good context, the entire paper is included in this chapter with permissions from the authors.
In the third study (Chapter Three), we consider an airfreight forwarder’s shipment bidding and revenue management problem. Online bidding of shipments is a common practice at many web-based logistics platforms. In the bidding environment, the forwarder’s revenue management is quite challenging and must be based on a portfolio concept. The problem is further complicated by logistics planning considerations. In this study, we first formulate a basic model without considering logistics planning aspects. Analytical results are derived on the optimal shipment portfolio and the optimal bid prices. We then extend the basic model to incorporate logistics planning decisions. Managerial insights are explored by studying a numerical example.
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He, Wen.
Thesis (Ph.D.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references.
Abstracts also in Chinese.
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"Three studies in air cargo logistics." Thesis, 2008. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074701.
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In the first study, we formulate the passenger and cargo allocation problem as a variant of the price-dependent multi-item newsvendor model with capacity constraints. The effects of baggage weight, pricing, and costing on the number of passengers and amount of cargo carried are studied. Based on the model and the existing practice of carriers, we develop several illustrative cases and fend that to maximize profit, large aircraft may need to reduce their baggage limits significantly from the current policy.In the second study, we propose the dynamic partnership concept, which assures a feasible partnership in an online logistics community. After identifying the platform requirements, a preliminary knowledge framework which describes the collaborative knowledge and new knowledge managing approaches is suggested.
In the third study, we provide a two-phase framework for an airfreight forwarder's resource planning. In each timed phase, an optimization model first determines the aggregates and a simulation model then examines the disaggregated situations evaluating whether the aggregate estimates are viable under disaggregation and uncertainties. Here, a set of measurements are established to evaluate the performance of a resource plan. For the inadequate plans, areas of possible improvements are identified for revision.
Three studies in air cargo logistics are conducted respectively, covering the following three areas: carrier's passenger and cargo management, logistics service provider's partnership strategy, and an airfreight forwarder's resource planning.
study 1. Optimal baggage limit policy: airline passenger and cargo allocation -- study 2. Dynamic partnership in online logistics community: concepts and a knowledge framework -- study 3. An airfreight forwarder's aggregate resource planning: booking of cargo space and disaggregation viability.
Wong, Wai Hung.
Adviser: Lawrence C. Leung.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: A, page: 2121.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-175).
Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.
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Abstracts in English and Chinese.
School code: 1307.
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"Two research problems in a 4th party logistics platform: shipment planning in a dynamic environment and e-service platform design." Thesis, 2006. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074134.
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1. Problem one: Shipment planning in a dynamic environment. The planning of air cargo logistics is a complex endeavor that involves the collaboration of multiple logistics agents to deliver shipments in a timely, safe, and economic manner. Airfreight forwarders coordinate and manage shipments for their clients, and with the development of Internet logistics platforms, airfreight forwarders can now trade jobs and resources with other participants effectively. The incorporation of trading alternatives significantly complicates the shipment planning process.2. Problem two: e-services platform design. The need for business logistics starts with a buyer and a seller. It involves arrangements of materials/products moving from the seller to the buyer and payment flows from the buyer and the seller. When the logistics arrangements are not done by the buyer nor the seller but rather by a specialist, we call the specialist a 3rd party logistics (3PL) service providers. A typical logistics service/job involves many agents, for instance, forwarders, truckers, warehouse operators, carriers, etc. In the process, a lot of information will be shared and exchanged among the agents, the buyer and the seller. With the advancement of information technologies, an emerging trend is to have the business dealing, information sharing and even payment arrangement among the logistics agents, buyers and sellers done through e-services on the Internet. In this thesis, we propose a 4th party logistics (4PL) platform, which is an Internet environment to enable and facilitate 3PL providers collaboratively provide services to buyers and sellers.
The proposed platform is called 4PL platform because it facilitates the 3PL agents. To better serve its 3PL clients, the platform should be "neutral", meaning it will not provide logistics services competing with its clients. The 4PL platform will facilitate its clients through e-services. However, existing e-services technology only allows e-services to be provided to individual clients. The idea of providing e-service to collaborating clients is new. We called it the 3rd party e-Service. In this thesis, we have conceptualized and further defined the 3rd party e-Service. To realize the 3rd party e-Service, we have first proposed a 3rd party service-oriented architecture and then developed a set of new elements to the existing e-Service description technology. To prove the concept, the new architecture, and the new description technology, we put into action. Using the shipment planning model as an example, we are able to offer shipment planning e-service to collaborating agents on the Internet.
This dissertation studies two research problems in a 4th party logistics platform.
This study proposes a dynamic decision framework for air cargo shipment planning, within the dynamic environment of bidding and trading. The framework has three phases: estimation, trading, and execution. Planning in the phases proceeds iteratively until an acceptable plan is obtained and shipments are set and fulfilled. The optimization of shipment planning is formulated as a mixed 0-1 LP model from a portfolio point of view. Unlike the models in previous research, this model targets profit maximization and takes into account the decisions of job selection and resource selection, and can be solved using a Tabu-based approach. We also discuss the respective rules and strategies that would aid the decision-making processes in the framework.
Chen Gang.
"February 2006."
Advisers: Waiman Cheung; Chi Kin Leung.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4358.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-106).
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Abstracts in English and Chinese.
School code: 1307.
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Turner, Sheelah Anne. "An application of a gravity model to air cargo at Vancouver International Airport." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12234.
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There has been very little research in the area of air cargo demand analysis and
forecasting. This thesis attempts to investigate the application of gravity models to air
cargo. Using international export volumes from Vancouver International Airport in 1998,
a gravity model was built. The inclusion of tariffs as an impedance factor allowed testing
of the effect of tariffs as predicted by gravity models. The results were consistent with
international trade theory that tariffs provide a barrier to international trade. Further, a
comparison is made between aggregate and disaggregate models (across commodities).
It was found that aggregation eliminates commodity specific characteristics.
In using the gravity model, there are two adjustments which need to be made to reduce
the bias in the model: firstly, adjustment is necessary to the bias inherent in the constant
term of a log-linear model; and a further adjustment is required when forecasting actual
levels rather than log levels. Even after adjustments for both types of bias, the gravity
model did not produce accurate forecasts. The aggregate model produced better forecasts
than the disaggregate model, but both sets of forecasts did not accurately predict the
actual volumes transported. This could be as a result of the stable nature of the variables
included in the model, which tend to change very slowly over time. Further, it is
apparent that other additional explanatory variables should be included in the models to
better capture the short-term changes in air cargo.
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Pretorius, Wynand. "Lugvrag as fisiese distribusie-element met verwysing na die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14698.
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D.Com. (Transport Economics)The international scheduled airfreight industry is showing a major discrepancy when compared to other public transport services namely that the demand and need for it is growing at a lower rate compared to that of passenger transport. Various factors are contributing to this phenomenon ...
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"Benefit, cost and risk analysis of designing: a third-party e-commerce logistics center." 2001. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5895878.
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Fu Gang.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-72).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
ABSTRACT OF THESIS ENTITLED --- p.I
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.III
TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.IV
LIST OF FIGURES --- p.VII
LIST OF TABLES --- p.VIII
Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter 1.1 --- A Third-party E-commerce Logistics Center in Need --- p.1
Chapter 1.2 --- Difficulty in Designing the Logistics Center --- p.2
Chapter 1.3 --- AHP and ANP --- p.3
Chapter 1.4 --- Scope of the Study --- p.4
Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.5
Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- BACKGROUND AND LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.7
Chapter 2.1 --- Third-party E-commerce Logistics Center --- p.7
Chapter 2.2 --- "Government, Investors, and Users" --- p.8
Chapter 2.3 --- Center Design --- p.11
Chapter 2.3.1 --- Information and Physical Infrastructure --- p.11
Chapter 2.3.2 --- Ownership Arrangement --- p.12
Chapter 2.3.3 --- Design Alternatives --- p.13
Chapter 2.4 --- Evaluating Design Alternatives --- p.17
Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- AHP MODEL --- p.19
Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction of AHP --- p.19
Chapter 3.2 --- AHP Models for Government --- p.20
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Benefit to Government --- p.20
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Cost to Government --- p.23
Chapter 3.2.3 --- Risk to Government --- p.24
Chapter 3.3 --- AHP Models for Investors --- p.25
Chapter 3.3.1 --- Benefit to Investors --- p.25
Chapter 3.3.2 --- Cost to Investors --- p.28
Chapter 3.3.3 --- Risk to Investors --- p.29
Chapter 3.4 --- AHP Models for Users --- p.32
Chapter 3.4.1 --- Benefit to Users --- p.32
Chapter 3.4.2 --- Cost to Users --- p.34
Chapter 3.4.3 --- Risk to Users --- p.36
Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- RISK SHARING IN CENTER DESIGN ´ؤ USING AHP MODEL --- p.38
Chapter 4.1 --- "Solution Methodology of Aggregating Benefit, Cost and Risk in AHP" --- p.38
Chapter 4.2 --- Aspects in Determining an Agreeable Solution --- p.40
Chapter 4.3 --- Sensitivity Analysis in AHP --- p.42
Chapter 4.4 --- A Conflict-Resolving Solution Procedure for AHP --- p.44
Chapter 4.5 --- An Illustrative Numerical Example in AHP --- p.48
Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- ANP MODEL --- p.51
Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction of ANP --- p.51
Chapter 5.2 --- ANP Models for Government --- p.53
Chapter 5.2.1. --- Benefit to Government --- p.55
Chapter 5.2.2. --- Cost to Government --- p.54
Chapter 5.2.3. --- Risk to Government --- p.54
Chapter 5.3 --- ANP Models for Investors --- p.56
Chapter 5.3.1 --- Benefit to Investors --- p.56
Chapter 5.3.2 --- Cost to Investors --- p.56
Chapter 5.3.3 --- Risk to Investors --- p.56
Chapter 5.4 --- ANP Models for Users --- p.56
Chapter 5.4.1 --- Benefit to Users --- p.56
Chapter 5.4.2 --- Cost to Users --- p.58
Chapter 5.4.3 --- Risk to Users --- p.58
Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- RISK SHARING IN CENTER DESIGN ´ؤ USING ANP MODEL --- p.60
Chapter 6.1 --- Aggregated Benefit-Cost-Risk ANP Model --- p.60
Chapter 6.2 --- Sensitivity Analysis of ANP Model in an AHP Fashion --- p.61
Chapter 6.3 --- Sensitivity Analysis of General ANP Model --- p.62
Chapter 6.4 --- A Conflict-Resolving Solution Procedure for ANP --- p.63
Chapter 6.5 --- An Illustrative Numerical Example in ANP --- p.66
Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- p.69
CONCLUSION --- p.69
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.71
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Nevo, Eitan Manuel Damian. "The impact of the application of international air cargo security regulations in South Africa." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19885.
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Text in EnglishThis research project, within the context of security risk management in general and aviation security in particular, aimed to explore the impact of the application of international and local air cargo security regulations on South Africa, with specific reference to the regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), as well as the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (USA). In South Africa, since the early 2000s, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has been the lead agency for dealing with and managing the needs for air cargo security. This oversight by SACAA culminated in 2009 with the promulgation of the SACAA Regulation commonly known as Part 108. Accordingly the primary research focus was on the impact Part 108 has had on the air cargo industry in South Africa. In addition, it compared the South African regulations with those of the USA and EU regulations; explored the compliance of the various roleplayers; sought to understand the enforcement of the regulations; and examined the effectiveness of the available security and screening methods. Furthermore, the research attempted to determine whether these regulations had any effect on preventing or deterring crime in the air cargo sector.
Criminology and Security Science
M. Tech. (Security Management)