Vehicle Routing at Quality Stores

Candace Arai Yano, Thomas J. Chan, Lori Kaplan Richter, Theodore Cutler, Katta G. Murty and David McGettigan
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Candace Arai Yano: Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2117
Thomas J. Chan: Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2117
Lori Kaplan Richter: Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2117
Theodore Cutler: Quality Stores, Inc., 1460 Whitehall Road, North Muskegon, Michigan 49445
Katta G. Murty: Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2117
David McGettigan: Quality Stores, Inc., 1460 Whitehall Road, North Muskegon, Michigan 49445

Interfaces, 1987, vol. 17, issue 2, 52-63

Abstract: Vehicle routing optimization software has been implemented on a personal computer for Quality Stores, a chain of retail stores. Customized route generation procedures are combined with an efficient branch-and-bound procedure to obtain optimal routings and assignment of routes to trucks. Both the data base maintenance routines and optimization runs are completely menu-driven, enabling personnel with no prior exposure to computers or optimization to operate the software unaided.

Keywords: programming: integer: branch and bound; transportation: route selection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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