Case Article: Keeping Logistics Under Wraps
Matthew J. Drake
Palumbo and Donahue Schools of Business, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, drake987@duq.edu
Paul M. Griffin
Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, pmg14@psu.edu
Julie L. Swann
H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, jswann@isye.gatech.edu
Abstract
This paper describes a teaching case that integrates logistics network design with an ethical decision-making process. The ethical issues center on a proposed network design strategy for parcel transportation known as zone skipping, whose implementation in this setting would require the disguising of the identity of freight. The paper describes the case, discusses its pedagogical goals and provides some recommendations forusing the case successfully in a logistics or optimization course.
Key words
distribution network design; integer programming; ethics
History
Received: October 2008; accepted: March 2010.
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Drake, M. J., P. M. Griffin, J. L. Swann. 2011. Case Article—Keeping logistics under wraps. INFORMS Trans. Ed. 11(2) 57-76. Available online at http://ite.pubs.informs.org/.