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Delivering on Delivery: Optimisation and the Future of Vehicle Routing

In: Operations Research Proceedings 2017

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  • Christina Burt

    (Satalia)

  • Paul Hart

    (Satalia)

  • Desislava Petrova

    (Satalia)

  • Adam West

    (Satalia)

Abstract

As the demand for home delivery continues to grow, so too does the need for organisations to implement more efficient delivery operations. For our clients, the constraints imposed on home delivery are numerous — and it is a challenge that causes many organisations to struggle. Our clients have any number of vehicles, each with limited capacity. Vehicles are limited to certain routes, and routes are often limited by traffic, accidents or road closures. Add driver shifts, multiple destinations and the rising desire for nominated time-window delivery (slots) and you get a scheduling problem no human operator can solve with any degree of accuracy. Our data-driven, operations research approach has, and will continue to improve the efficiency of home delivery; reducing costs for our clients, and vastly improving the customer experience.

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  • Christina Burt & Paul Hart & Desislava Petrova & Adam West, 2018. "Delivering on Delivery: Optimisation and the Future of Vehicle Routing," Operations Research Proceedings, in: Natalia Kliewer & Jan Fabian Ehmke & Ralf Borndörfer (ed.), Operations Research Proceedings 2017, pages 747-752, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:oprchp:978-3-319-89920-6_99
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89920-6_99
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