Returnable transport item; Closed-loop supply chain; Inventory routing problem; Pickups and deliveries; Time windows
Abstract :
[en] Reducing environmental impact, related regulations and potential for operational benefits are
the main reasons why companies share their returnable transport items (RTIs) among the
different partners of a closed-loop supply chain. In this paper, we consider a producer, located
at a depot, who has to distribute his products packed in RTIs to a set of customers. Customers
define a time window wherein the service can begin. The producer is also in charge of the
collection of empty RTIs for reuse in the next production cycle. Each partner has a storage area
composed of both empty and loaded RTI stock, as characterized by initial levels and maximum
storage capacity. As deliveries and returns are performed by a homogeneous fleet of vehicles
that can carry simultaneously empty and loaded RTIs, this research addresses a pickup and
delivery inventory-routing problem within time windows (PDIRPTW) over a planning horizon.
A mixed-integer linear program is developed and tested on small-scale instances. To handle
more realistic large-scale problems, a cluster first-route second matheuristic is proposed.
Disciplines :
Quantitative methods in economics & management
Author, co-author :
Iassinovskaia, Galina
Limbourg, Sabine ; Université de Liège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > UER Opérations : Logistique
RIANE, Fouad
Language :
English
Title :
The inventory-routing problem of returnable transport items with time windows and simultaneous pickup and delivery in closed-loop supply chains
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