Improved Collaborative Transport Planning at Dutch Logistics Service Provider Fritom

Paul Buijs (), Jose Alejandro Lopez Alvarez (), Marjolein Veenstra () and Kees Jan Roodbergen ()
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Paul Buijs: Department of Operations, University of Groningen, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
Jose Alejandro Lopez Alvarez: Department of Operations, University of Groningen, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
Marjolein Veenstra: Department of Operations, University of Groningen, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
Kees Jan Roodbergen: Department of Operations, University of Groningen, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands

Interfaces, 2016, vol. 46, issue 2, 119-132

Abstract: We study the collaborative transport planning for two autonomous business units of Fritom, a Dutch logistics service provider. This difficult planning problem does not fit any existing type of vehicle routing problem proposed in the academic literature; therefore, we define a new problem class, the generalized pickup and delivery problem . We also propose and evaluate methods to structure and improve Fritom’s existing collaborative transport planning process. Using an extensive real-world data set from Fritom, our experiments show that our proposed methods significantly outperform Fritom’s collaborative planning approach in total travel distance. We formulate managerial recommendations for Fritom and describe the implementation process for these recommendations. Finally, we present several recommendations for future research.

Keywords: collaborative transport planning; decision support systems; information systems; vehicle routing; technology; simulation; queues; innovation; research & development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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