Open AccessComments on “One-Warehouse Multiple Retailer Systems with Vehicle Routing Costs”
Author(s) -
Randolph W. Hall
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.954
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1526-5501
pISSN - 0025-1909
DOI - 10.1287/mnsc.37.11.1496
Subject(s) - vehicle routing problem , operations research , warehouse , computer science , operations management , routing (electronic design automation) , business , economics , marketing , engineering , computer network
In a recent paper, Anily and Federgruen developed a methodology for assigning retailers to vehicle tours, with the objective of minimizing long-run average transportation and inventory costs. This comment demonstrates that coordinating deliveries among tours can reduce cost over their solution.inventory, vehicle routing