TY - GEN
T1 - Multimodal transport integration strategy to import steel slabs. A case study
AU - Verduzco-Garza, Teresa
AU - Sánchez, Jorge Fernando Fonseca
AU - Hernández, José Guadalupe Olvera
AU - Martínez, Bryan Raúl Rangel
PY - 2018/7
Y1 - 2018/7
N2 - In recent years, material imports in the steel industry has increased for several reasons, therefore efforts have focused on optimizing port logistics processes to increase their efficiency. The steel slab is a semi-finished steel product of rectangular section, obtained by continuous casting processes for its use in rolling mills to produce rolled steel rolls. On the other hand, the port of Brownsville represents for the company under study the main point for the importation of steel slabs. Due the demand growth of this material in the last years and the reduction of space in the closest yards to the unloading zone inside the port, the management of the material handling is indispensable. The case study presented on this article aims to reduce costs in their logistic processes in the importation of steel slabs starting on the material unload of the ship to the load of rail wagons that go to the manufacturing facility. Based on the methodology for the analysis of logistics processes a reduction of more than 30% of logistics costs was calculated.
AB - In recent years, material imports in the steel industry has increased for several reasons, therefore efforts have focused on optimizing port logistics processes to increase their efficiency. The steel slab is a semi-finished steel product of rectangular section, obtained by continuous casting processes for its use in rolling mills to produce rolled steel rolls. On the other hand, the port of Brownsville represents for the company under study the main point for the importation of steel slabs. Due the demand growth of this material in the last years and the reduction of space in the closest yards to the unloading zone inside the port, the management of the material handling is indispensable. The case study presented on this article aims to reduce costs in their logistic processes in the importation of steel slabs starting on the material unload of the ship to the load of rail wagons that go to the manufacturing facility. Based on the methodology for the analysis of logistics processes a reduction of more than 30% of logistics costs was calculated.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85066923552
VL - 2018
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
SP - 1275
EP - 1276
BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
PB - IEOM Society
T2 - 2nd European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.IEOM 2018
Y2 - 26 July 2018 through 27 July 2018
ER -