Home Full-text access for editors Routing vehicles through cross-docking facility for third party logistics service providers by M. Birasnav; S. Kalaivanan; A. Ramesh; Rajendra Tibrewala International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR), Vol. 38, No. 2, 2020 Abstract: This study focuses on a specialised vehicle routing problem (VRP) to transport matchboxes from manufacturing companies to retailers through a cross-dock (cross-docking facility) operated by a third party logistics service provider.