Milk Run Design: Definitions, Concepts and Solution Approaches

Download or read book Milk Run Design: Definitions, Concepts and Solution Approaches written by Meyer, Anne and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Efficient inbound networks in the European automotive industry rely on a set of different transport concepts including milk runs - understood as regularly scheduled pickup tours. The complexity of designing such a mixed network makes decision support necessary: In this book we provide definitions, mathematical models and a solution method for the Milk Run Design problem and introduce indicators assessing the performance of established milk runs in relation to alternative transport concepts.