Transport Channel Selection

Jürgen Branke (), Denis Häußler and Christian Schmidt ()
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Jürgen Branke: University of Karlsruhe
Denis Häußler: University of Karlsruhe
Christian Schmidt: Locom Software GmbH

A chapter in Operations Research Proceedings 2006, 2007, pp 349-354 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The share of logistics and transportation in the overall cost of a product is increasing. Subsequently, there is a growing pressure in the logistics industry for optimization and cost reduction. In this paper, we consider the issue of transport channel selection, a problem that has been overlooked for a long time. Typical choices for transport channels include round-trips from and to the depot, one-way tours (often called “milkruns”), delivery over a hub, or fixed-cost delivery services (e.g. a postal service). The overall optimization problem consists of two interdependent sub-problems: assigning shipments to transport channels, and optimizing the routes within each channel.

Keywords: Delivery Service; Evolutionary Algorithm; Problem Instance; Transportation Cost; Channel Selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69995-8_57

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