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Strategic analysis of the dairy transportation problem

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  • Nadia Lahrichi

    (1] CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada[2] École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada)

  • Teodor Gabriel Crainic

    (1] CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada[2] École des sciences de la gestion, U.Q.A.M, Montreal, Canada)

  • Michel Gendreau

    (1] CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada[2] École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada)

  • Walter Rei

    (1] CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada[2] École des sciences de la gestion, U.Q.A.M, Montreal, Canada)

  • Louis-Martin Rousseau

    (1] CIRRELT, Montreal, Canada[2] École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada)

Abstract

The dairy transportation problem (DTP) consists of determining the best routes to be performed for collecting milk from farms and delivering it to processing plants. We study the particular case of the province of Quebec, where the Fédération des producteurs de lait du Québec is responsible for negotiating the transportation costs on behalf of producers. Several issues are highlighted in the actual process of designing contracts such as using historical data. We propose an approach based on scenario analysis that consists of revising both the steps and the information used to construct the routes. We develop a generalized tabu search algorithm that integrates the different characteristics of the DTP.

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  • Nadia Lahrichi & Teodor Gabriel Crainic & Michel Gendreau & Walter Rei & Louis-Martin Rousseau, 2015. "Strategic analysis of the dairy transportation problem," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 66(1), pages 44-56, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:66:y:2015:i:1:p:44-56
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    1. Olcay Polat & Duygu Topaloğlu, 2022. "Collection of different types of milk with multi-tank tankers under uncertainty: a real case study," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 30(1), pages 1-33, April.
    2. Paredes-Belmar, Germán & Montero, Elizabeth & Lüer-Villagra, Armin & Marianov, Vladimir & Araya-Sassi, Claudio, 2022. "Vehicle routing for milk collection with gradual blending: A case arising in Chile," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 303(3), pages 1403-1416.
    3. Huang, Kuancheng & Wu, Kun-Feng & Ardiansyah, Muhammad Nashir, 2019. "A stochastic dairy transportation problem considering collection and delivery phases," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 325-338.

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