The Supply-Chain Pick-up and Delivery Problem with Transshipments

DONDO, RODOLFO; MENDEZ, CARLOS; CERDÁ JAIME

Cracovia, Polonia

Simposio; The 19th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - ESCAPE 19-; 2009

In this work, a strict MILP formulation for the supply-chain pick-up and delivery problem with transshipments is presented (SC-PDP-T). This problem adds the option for transferring goods from one vehicle to another. This additional flexibility is very attractive for the optimal management of supply chains. Based on the novel features of the SC-PDP-T, this work addresses the major modeling and solution issues related to this problem by presenting a new MILP-based strategy to find the set of decisions to optimally manage complex multi-site distribution systems of moderate-size.