Consolidation policy

Consolidation-wait tolerance (hours): 4

This case study models 400 daily shipments to a shared destination region. Waiting longer before dispatch lets more shipments combine into a single truckload, cutting per-shipment shipping cost — but every hour of consolidation wait delays delivery for shipments that arrived early.

Day outcome

Truckloads dispatched—

Average shipping cost per unit—

Average delivery delay—

Shipments by arrival time, grouped into truckloads (color = truckload group)