Simulation Study on Delay Risks in Inter-factory Maritime Transportation

Abstract

A maritime transportation planning without concern of delay risks is not robust against disturbances. Once delay happens it is likely to be amplified in the subsequent activities and its influence is serious since transportation amount is huge. This paper proposes a basic planning procedure that can provide maritime inter-factory short-term transportation plans using a logistics simulator to mitigate the difficulty. A multi-national shipbuilding company with supply ports in Japan and a shipyard in a foreign country is taken as an example and applicability and effectiveness of the procedure is demonstrated through various analyses.