The inventory-routing problem (IRP) dates back 30 years. It can be described as the
combination of vehicle-routing and inventory management problems, in which a supplier …

This paper describes industrial aspects of combined inventory management and routing in
maritime and road-based transportation, and gives a classification and comprehensive …

Increasing concerns on energy use, emissions and food waste requires advanced models
for food logistics management. Our interest in this study is to analyse the benefits of …

GRASP is a multi-start metaheuristic for combinatorial optimization problems, in which each
iteration consists basically of two phases: construction and local search. The construction …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses some of the most important vehicle routing
problem types. The vehicle routing problem lies at the heart of distribution management. It is …

A bi-objective Fuel efficient Green Vehicle Routing Problem (F-GVRP) with varying speed
constraint is discussed in this paper as an extension of Green Vehicle Routing Problem (G …

Providing ride-hailing services with electric vehicles can help reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and solve the last mile problem. This paper develops a reinforcement learning …

In this paper, we present a solution approach for the inventory-routing problem. The
inventory-routing problem is a variation of the vehicle-routing problem that arises in …

Vendor managed inventory replenishment is a business practice in which vendors monitor
their customers' inventories, and decide when and how much inventory should be …

The role of logistics management is changing. Many companies are realizing that value for a
customer can, in part, be created through logistics management (Langley and Holcomb …