[en] This study analyzes a rich vehicle routing problem with multiple trips and driver shifts. The considered problem features are inspired from the practical case of a Belgian distribution company. Along with the multi-trip component, characteristics of this particular problem include time windows, pickup and delivery customers, and site-vehicle dependencies. Internal and external fleets are considered with different cost structures and driver shifts constraints. An adpative large neighborhood search is used to treat the problem.
Research Center/Unit :
Center for Quantitative Methods and Operations Management
Disciplines :
Production, distribution & supply chain management
