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Milk Run Design: Definitions, Concepts and Solution Approaches


Author: Meyer, Anne
Source: Directory of Open Access Books
Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN: 9783731505662
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Efficient inbound networks in the European automotive industry rely on a set of different transport concepts including milk runs - understood as regularly scheduled pickup tours. The complexity of designing such a mixed network makes decision support necessary: In this book we provide definitions, mathematical models and a solution method for the Milk Run Design problem and introduce indicators assessing the performance of established milk runs in relation to alternative transport concepts.