TY - JOUR
T1 - Supply schedule and vehicle routing problem for a home appliance distribution company
AU - Granda-Muñoz, Diego Esteban
AU - Espinel-Alvear, Geovanny David
AU - Villagómez-Ramírez, Christian Eduardo
AU - Avilés-Sacoto, Sonia Valeria
AU - Mosquera-Recalde, Galo Eduardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Worldwide, distribution companies face logistics problems associated with finding proper routes and delivery frequencies, triggering high logistics costs and low service levels. This is the case of an Ecuadorian home appliance distribution company, whose particular concern is reducing its logistics costs by enhancing its supply schedule with optimal routes, thus satisfying its customers. Using the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) optimisation model as a baseline, and including new restrictions aligned to the company's needs, optimal routes are obtained. Then, a new scheduling model is proposed to cover all the company's requirements to create a favourable supply schedule, respecting the shipping capacity of the distribution centre as well as its trucks. As a result, the logistics costs are noticeably reduced because the daily supply is stabilised in terms of money flow with a minimum number of visits while covering the demand. Thus, the company becomes agile, flexible, and competitive.
AB - Worldwide, distribution companies face logistics problems associated with finding proper routes and delivery frequencies, triggering high logistics costs and low service levels. This is the case of an Ecuadorian home appliance distribution company, whose particular concern is reducing its logistics costs by enhancing its supply schedule with optimal routes, thus satisfying its customers. Using the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW) optimisation model as a baseline, and including new restrictions aligned to the company's needs, optimal routes are obtained. Then, a new scheduling model is proposed to cover all the company's requirements to create a favourable supply schedule, respecting the shipping capacity of the distribution centre as well as its trucks. As a result, the logistics costs are noticeably reduced because the daily supply is stabilised in terms of money flow with a minimum number of visits while covering the demand. Thus, the company becomes agile, flexible, and competitive.
KW - clustering
KW - customer location
KW - distribution centre
KW - distribution system
KW - flow of money
KW - home appliances
KW - k-means algorithms
KW - optimal routes
KW - supply logistics operations
KW - supply schedule
KW - transportation costs
KW - truck capacity
KW - vehicle fleet
KW - vehicle routing problem
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85135112242&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2022.124359
DO - 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2022.124359
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85135112242
SN - 1758-9401
VL - 13
SP - 221
EP - 244
JO - International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling
JF - International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling
IS - 2
ER -