Design of the input and output cargo flows for a Fast-Track at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam Aiport Schiphol (AAS) has the ambition of becoming Europe's cargo preferred airport. However, in addition to facing spare capacity for future growth, past research has shown key issues preventing it from reaching this goal. Some of these are truck waiting times, long throughput times and 1st line warehouse efficiency. One of the logistical concepts aimed at solving these is a Fast Track (FT), based on the transshipment purpose of a cross-dock. The focus of this research is thus to answer: "How can the input and output distribution processes of a Fast Track (FT) at AAS facilitate a seamless flow in the context of a multi-actor environment?" Having conducted a thorough process analysis and literature review, different designs are proposed based on the airside distribution, the existence of FT storage and the push/pull nature of the system. A simulation study is conducted in Simio with the goal of understanding if the designs have an effect on the KPIs and if these are relevant. When contrasted to the single handler distribution, the multiple handlers one proved to positively impact lead time (LT), reducing it from 2.3 to 1.6 hours and decreasing variability by 50%. The remaining designs are tested on this configuration and based on it, a design with storage and a push nature selected. The existence of storage affected LT whereas the Push designs positively impacted the landside KPIs. As a conclusion, the decision-making power needs to rest in the FT operator so that the dynamism of the push/pull logic can be sustained and as a consequence, stream and efficient operations ensured.

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air cargo
cargo handler
cargo
airport
Schiphol
transshipment
transhipment
cross-dock
cross dock
airside
distribution
push
pull
landside
Simio

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