Planning of delivery routes for a small vehicle fleet: a case study in Krakow / Anton Pashkevich, Michał Nowak, Mirosław Koterbicki // W: ZIRP 2017 : New solutions and innovations in logistics and transportation ... więcej

Planning of delivery routes for a small vehicle fleet: a case study in Krakow / Anton Pashkevich, Michał Nowak, Mirosław Koterbicki // W: ZIRP 2017 : New solutions and innovations in logistics and transportation : International Conference on Traffic Development, Logistics & Sustainable Transport, 1st-2nd June 2017, Opatija, Croatia [Dokument elektroniczny] / eds. Tomislav Josip Mlinarić [et al.] ; University of Zagreb. Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Maribor. Faculty of Logistics, University of Pardubice Jan Perner. Transport Faculty. – Zagrzeb : Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. University of Zagreb, 2017. – S. 289-297 : schem., tab., wykr. – Tryb dostępu: http://www.fpz.unizg.hr/zirp-lst/assets/files/ZIRP-2017-conference-proceedings.pdf. – Bibliogr. 15 poz., Abstr. – ISBN 978-953-243-090-5

The reduction of empty vehicle-kilometers is a challenge for road freight transport. Especially, this problem concerns transport companies working within the urban area. One of approaches to solve such ... więcej

The reduction of empty vehicle-kilometers is a challenge for road freight transport. Especially, this problem concerns transport companies working within the urban area. One of approaches to solve such problem is by implement algorithms of the Vehicle Routing Problems (VRP), which allow to improve the routing planning process and, thereby, to increase the quality of vehicle fleet management. Unfortunately, most of case studies in this field are oriented on the large companies and firms with small vehicle fleet are not considered. Herein, we present a case study based on real data from a small company operating in Kraków, Poland. The main aim was to calculate delivery routes for selected dates using Clarke-Wright savings algorithm and then to compare the calculation results with real routes that were realized during the same dates. Such analysis woke up the discussion, whether it makes sense to implement optimization algorithms for small-size problems.