Modelling the South African fruit export infrastructure : a case study

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dc.contributor.authorOrtmann, F. G.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Vuuren, J. H.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Dyk, F. E.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-16T09:32:29Z
dc.date.available2012-07-16T09:32:29Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.descriptionCITATION: Ortmann, F. G., Van Vuuren, J. H. & Van Dyk, F. E. 2006. Modelling the South African fruit export infrastructure : a case study. ORiON, 22(1):35-57, doi10.5784/22-1-32.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://orion.journals.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractA description is provided of work performed as part of the fruit logistics infrastructure project commissioned by the South African Deciduous Fruit Producers’ Trust and coordinated by the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, as described in Van Dyk FE & Maspero E, 2004, An analysis of the South African fruit logistics infrastructure, ORiON, 20(1), pp. 55–72. After a brief introduction to the problem, two models (a single-commodity graph theoretic model and a multi-commodity mathematical programming model) are derived for determining the maximal weekly flow or throughput of fresh fruit through the South African national export infrastructure. These models are solved for two extreme seasonal export scenarios and the solutions show that no export infrastructure expansion is required in the near future — observed bottlenecks are not fundamental to the infrastructure and its capacities, but are rather due to sub-optimal management and utilisation of the existing infrastructure.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/32
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.format.extent24 pages : illustrationsen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOrtmann, F. G., Van Vuuren, J. H. & Van Dyk, F. E. 2006. Modelling the South African fruit export infrastructure : a case study. ORiON, 22(1):35-57en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2224-0004 (online)
dc.identifier.issn0259-191X (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi10.5784/22-1-32
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21708
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherOperations Research Society of South Africaen_ZA
dc.rights.holderORiONen_ZA
dc.subjectExports -- South Africa -- Mathematical modelsen_ZA
dc.subjectFruit trade -- Mathematical modelsen_ZA
dc.subjectFruit trade -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectCommodity exchanges -- South Africa -- Mathematical modelsen_ZA
dc.titleModelling the South African fruit export infrastructure : a case studyen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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