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The share of logistics and transportation in the overall cost of a product is increasing. Subsequently, there is a growing pressure in the logistics industry for optimization and cost reduction. In this paper, we consider the issue of transport channel selection, a problem that has been overlooked for a long time. Typical choices for transport channels include round-trips from and to the depot, one-way tours (often called “milkruns”), delivery over a hub, or fixed-cost delivery services (e.g. a postal service). The overall optimization problem consists of two interdependent sub-problems: assigning shipments to transport channels, and optimizing the routes within each channel.
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Branke, J., Häußler, D., Schmidt, C. (2007). Transport Channel Selection. In: Waldmann, KH., Stocker, U.M. (eds) Operations Research Proceedings 2006. Operations Research Proceedings, vol 2006. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69995-8_57
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