ABJAR TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

Case Study Analysis

Presented By:

Chinmaya Vashishth Debendra Rout Karan Udhwani Rimi Mahajan Gaspard Pauline Naima

ABOUT THE CASE

Samir Khaldoun has to stabilize and develop the newly formed transport company ABJAR. Company followed as-needed basis before and faced problems:
truck service and maintenance. port fees.

ABJARs forecasted freight volume: Average = 160000 tons per month. Standard deviation = 30000 tons per month.
(amount handled per month is normally distributed)

Tractor trailer rig suitable for carrying 2-20ft containers; 130ft container and 1-40ft container.
Cargo capacity is 60 tons per rig. Each rig picks up freight at the dock 3 times each a day.

ABOUT THE CASE

(contd.)

25% of freight is containerized in a container of lengths 20,30 and 40 ft. ( balance 75% of freight is not containerized.) Container Capacity:
20 ft 30 ft 40 ft 20 tons of Cargo 45 tons of Cargo 60 tons of Cargo

Percentage of freight containerized in different containers:

20 ft unit 30 ft unit 40 ft unit 20 % 20% 60 %

PROBLEM STATEMENT
Determine the number of trucks needed to handle the forecasted freight volume.

Solution
We find the solution to the problem using MONTE CARLO simulation modeling.