Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case study

The well-known Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is to find proper sequence of routes in order to minimize transportation costs. In this paper, a mixed-integer programming model is presented for a food distributer company and the model outputs are to determine the optimal routes and amount of pickup and...

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Main Authors: Alireza Rashidi Komijan, Danial Delavari
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Language:English
Published: Universitat Politècnica de València 2017-07-01
Series:International Journal of Production Management and Engineering
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Online Access:https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IJPME/article/view/5960
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description The well-known Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is to find proper sequence of routes in order to minimize transportation costs. In this paper, a mixed-integer programming model is presented for a food distributer company and the model outputs are to determine the optimal routes and amount of pickup and delivery. In the objective function, the costs of transportation, holding, tardiness and earliness are considered simultaneously. The proposed model with respect to real conditions is multi-period and has two different time periods: one for dispatching vehicles to customers and suppliers and the other for receiving  customers’ orders. Time window and split pickup and delivery are considered for perishable products. The proposed model is  nonlinear and will be linearized using exact techniques. At the end, model is solved using GAMS and the sensitivity analysis  is performed. The results indicate that the trend of changes in holding and transportation costs in compared to tardiness and  earliness costs are closed together and are not so sensitive to demand changes.
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spelling doaj-art-df194df8915946e28595a6423d3eb84f2025-08-20T01:47:40ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaInternational Journal of Production Management and Engineering2340-48762017-07-0152455310.4995/ijpme.2017.59605354Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case studyAlireza Rashidi Komijan0Danial Delavari1Islamic Azad UniversityIslamic Azad UniversityThe well-known Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is to find proper sequence of routes in order to minimize transportation costs. In this paper, a mixed-integer programming model is presented for a food distributer company and the model outputs are to determine the optimal routes and amount of pickup and delivery. In the objective function, the costs of transportation, holding, tardiness and earliness are considered simultaneously. The proposed model with respect to real conditions is multi-period and has two different time periods: one for dispatching vehicles to customers and suppliers and the other for receiving  customers’ orders. Time window and split pickup and delivery are considered for perishable products. The proposed model is  nonlinear and will be linearized using exact techniques. At the end, model is solved using GAMS and the sensitivity analysis  is performed. The results indicate that the trend of changes in holding and transportation costs in compared to tardiness and  earliness costs are closed together and are not so sensitive to demand changes.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IJPME/article/view/5960Vehicle routing problemtime windowsplit pick up and deliveryscheduling
spellingShingle Alireza Rashidi Komijan
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Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case study
International Journal of Production Management and Engineering
Vehicle routing problem
time window
split pick up and delivery
scheduling
title Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case study
title_full Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case study
title_fullStr Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case study
title_full_unstemmed Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case study
title_short Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem for a multi-period, multi-perishable product system with time window: A Case study
title_sort vehicle routing and scheduling problem for a multi period multi perishable product system with time window a case study
topic Vehicle routing problem
time window
split pick up and delivery
scheduling
url https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IJPME/article/view/5960
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