A bin-packing based heuristic for the integrated inventory and vehicle routing problem

• Main Author: Yang, Yang
• Other Authors: Chen Chien-Ming
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Business::Operations management::Supply chain management
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172085
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We consider the Integrated Inventory and Vehicle Routing Problem (IIVRP) for a single product distribution system consisting of one upstream central warehouse and multiple downstream retailers and additive manufacturing in a spare parts supply chain in this thesis. In Chapter 2 IIVRP without central...