Mathematical modeling for a rich vehicle routing problem in E-commerce logistics distribution

Author

Masmoudi, Malek ; Benaissa, M. ; Chabchoub, Habib

Author_Institution

LOGIQ, Univ. of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

fYear

2013

fDate

29-31 May 2013

Firstpage

290

Lastpage

295

Abstract

This paper presents a new mathematical model for the vehicle routing problem in the context of e-commerce, considering multiple types of products, vehicles, transport conditions and time windows. The main new idea is to assure the compatibility between product type and vehicle in order to satisfy transport conditions required. This problem can be defined as a Load-Specific problem. The main objective is to gain customer satisfaction by providing the right demand on time and on a good stat. To solve this model, new instances are generated and solved using Cplex 12.2.

Keywords

customer satisfaction; electronic commerce; goods distribution; logistics; vehicle routing; Cplex 12.2; customer satisfaction; e-commerce logistics distribution; load-specific problem; mathematical modeling; multiple product type; product type-vehicle compatibility; time windows; transport conditions; vehicle routing problem; Context; Indexes; Linear programming; Logistics; Mathematical model; Routing; Vehicles; Cplex; Mathematical model; Multiple products type; VRP; compatibility; home delivery; transport conditions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Logistics and Transport (ICALT), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0314-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAdLT.2013.6568474

Filename

6568474