Reducing Transportation Costs in Distribution Networks

• Main Authors: LI, Xi, LIM, Andrew, MIAO, Zhaowei, RODRIGUES, Brian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: genetic algorithm; heuristic search; inventory; transportation scheduling; Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/586; https://doi.org/10.1007/11779568_121
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this work, we model the conflicting objectives in a distribution network, i.e. trade-offs between transportation costs, inventory and time scheduling requirements. Transportation costs include time costs, truck setup costs, and the number of trucks used. The model is formulated as an integer prog...