• DocumentCode
    3482631
  • Title

    Application of geographic information system (GIS) in routing for delivery of fresh vegetables

  • Author

    Abousaeidi, Mohammad ; Fauzi, Rosmadi ; Muhamad, Rusnah

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Geogr., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    5-6 Dec. 2011
  • Firstpage
    551
  • Lastpage
    555
  • Abstract
    In recent years, issues for distribution of fresh vegetables become important concern for markets where their income is strongly depends on demand for more fresher production. The focus of this study is more on delivery of fresh vegetables in selecting the best routes particularly for urban area such as Kuala Lumpur city which is facing with the traffic problem. This research will conduct a company as a case study which is producing all kinds of fresh vegetables. This company is interesting in reducing their total distribution cost based on total travelled distance and total length of drive time. For this research needs to apply the GIS (Geographic Information System) technique. This technique is the respond for requirements of this research by using the network analyzing.
  • Keywords
    agricultural products; cost reduction; food products; geographic information systems; goods distribution; traffic engineering computing; GIS; fresh vegetable delivery; fresh vegetable distribution; geographic information system; total distribution cost reduction; traffic problem; Companies; Geographic Information Systems; Roads; Routing; Spatial databases; Vehicles; Distance; Distribution; Fresh vegetables; GIS; Supermarkets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2011 IEEE Colloquium on
  • Conference_Location
    Penang
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0021-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163794
  • Filename
    6163794