Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

4-2020

Abstract

Reverse logistics has been implemented by various companies because of its ability to gain more profit and maintain the competitiveness of the company. However, extensive studies on the vehicle routing problem with cross-docking (VRPCD) only considered the forward flow instead of the reverse flow. Motivated by the ability of a VRPCD network to minimize the distribution cost in the forward flow, this research incorporates the reverse logistics scheme in a VRPCD network, namely the VRP with reverse cross-docking (VRP-RCD). We propose a VRP-RCD mathematical model for a four-level supply chain network that involves suppliers, cross-dock, customers, and outlets. The main objective is to minimize vehicle operational and transportation costs. Experimental results show that only small instances of newly generated VRP-RCD instances can be optimally solved by CPLEX. Furthermore, we present sensitivity analysis towards the cost structure.

Keywords

Vehicle routing problem, Cross-docking, Reverse logistics

Discipline

Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering | Transportation

Research Areas

Intelligent Systems and Optimization

Publication

2020 IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA): Bangkok, Thailand, April 16-21: Proceedings

First Page

854

Last Page

858

ISBN

9781728167855

Identifier

10.1109/ICIEA49774.2020.9101972

Publisher

IEEE

City or Country

Piscataway, NJ

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA49774.2020.9101972

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