The last parameters to be set concern the cost distribution for
which two different scenarios are proposed, which are based
on our industrial experience. For both scenarios we consider
that the outbound cost is highly superior to penalty costs.
This seems logical if we consider the overseas transportation
between a Renault ILN and its customers. Concerning
penalty costs, the first cost distribution represents a crossdock
platform in which the storage cost is greater than the
package moving activity cost. We could imagine a platform
with very limited space, but with flexible manpower with a
relatively low cost. The second scenario envisages the
opposite. One might think of a cross-dock centre situated in a
country with a high manpower cost, serving several
companies for which the storage space is allocated upon
request.