BUSINESS LOGISTICS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS

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BUSINESS LOGISTICS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Lecture 16 VEHICLE SCHEDULING
H. E. METZNER, Ph.D. Department of Engineering
Management University of Missouri-Rolla
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ROUTING SCHEDULING PRINCIPLES

• Load trucks with stop volumes that are in the
  closest proximity to each other.
• Stops on different days should be arranged to
  produce tight clusters.
• Build routes beginning with the farthest stop
  from the depot.
• The sequence of stops on a truck route should
  form a teardrop pattern.

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ROUTING SCHEDULING METHODS

• The sweep method
• The savings method

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ROUTING SCHEDULING PRINCIPLES (contd)

• Allocate largest vehicles available first.
• Mix pickups into the delivery routes rather than
  at the end.
• An outlier is a good candidate for an alternate
  means of delivery.
• Avoid narrow stop time windows.

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Figure 7-16 Route Sequencing to Minimize the
Number of Trucks Needed

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BUSINESS LOGISTICS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
BUSINESS LOGISTICS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Lecture 17 VEHICLE SCHEDULING
Assignment Q5

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Business Systems Logistics Analysis
Inventory Strategy
Transport Strategy

• Forecasting
• Storage fundamentals
• Inventory decisions
• Purchasing and supply
• scheduling decisions
• Storage decisions

• Transport fundamentals
• Transport decisions

Customer Service Goals

• The product
• Logistics service
• Information systems

Location Strategy

• Location decisions
• The network planning process

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