Title : 
Research on Vehicle Scheduling Problem of Distribution in VMI Model
         
        
            Author : 
Yao, Hongguang ; Zhang, Li
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Aeronaut. Transp., Shanghai Univ. of Eng. Sci., Shanghai
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Logistic distribution is an operation linking with consumer directly ,and takes account for considerable proportion in variable costs in logistics. A scientific and reasonable method to vehicle scheduling is an important operation in logistic distribution. This paper attempts to take VSP in VMI as the tow core problems for further research. VSP in VMI may be looked as the stretch of the VSP above. On the VSP in VMI, this paper analyses the contribution of the optimization of logistic distribution´s system. Being aimed at looking for the optimal distribution policy, this paper put delivery routing and inventory into consideration jointly, and brings forward an mathematic model and its algorithm. Consequently, results from the case proved the availability of the model and its algorithm.
         
        
            Keywords : 
goods distribution; inventory management; logistics; scheduling; vehicles; VMI model; delivery routing; logistic distribution; operation linking; optimal distribution policy; vehicle scheduling problem; Automotive engineering; Content management; Costs; Frequency; Inventory management; Logistics; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Transportation; Vehicles;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2007. WiCom 2007. International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Shanghai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-1311-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/WICOM.2007.1453