Abstract
The exchange of cargo capacities is well established in the practice of logistics. However, there are few e-market places that consider the synergies that can be generated by finding the appropriate combination of lanes for different carriers. One way to do this is to employ combinatorial auctions that allow one to bid on bundles of lanes. This article describes the design, implementation, and analysis of a combinatorial intra-enterprise exchange for logistics services. The enterprise regarded here is organized in a profit center structure, while each center is able to release delivery contracts for outsourcing if the geographic location of a customer allows a reduced-cost delivery by another profit center in the neighborhood. Our combinatorial exchange ComEx uses the results of an integrated routing system DynaRoute for cost calculation in the in and outsourcing process. We focus on the comparison of two clustering mechanisms used to form bids in the auction.
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