Comments on "One-Warehouse Multiple Retailer Systems with Vehicle Routing Costs"

Randolph W. Hall
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Randolph W. Hall: Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

Management Science, 1991, vol. 37, issue 11, 1496-1497

Abstract: In a recent paper, Anily and Federgruen developed a methodology for assigning retailers to vehicle tours, with the objective of minimizing long-run average transportation and inventory costs. This comment demonstrates that coordinating deliveries among tours can reduce cost over their solution.

Keywords: inventory; vehicle routing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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