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1 1 Vehicle Routing Part 2 John H. Vande Vate Fall, 2002
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2 2 Our Approach Minimize Transportation Cost (Distance) –Traveling Salesman Problem Respect the capacity of the Vehicle –Multiple Traveling Salesmen Consider Inventory Costs –Estimate the Transportation Cost –Estimate the Inventory Cost –Trade off these two costs.
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3 3 Idea If Ford owned the dealerships... –More frequent deliveries Reduce inventory Increase transportation –How often should Ford deliver? High level approach –Estimate Transportation Cost as function of frequency of delivery –Estimate Inventory cost as function of frequency of delivery –Trade off the two
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4 4 The Simple Story Transportation costs are T now What will they be if we deliver twice as frequently? 2T Duh
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5 5 Simple Story Continued Inventory Carrying Costs are C now What will they be if we deliver twice as frequently? C/2 Q Q/2
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6 6 Look Familiar? n = Number of times to dispatch per year Total Cost = nT+C/n How often to dispatch? n = C/T
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7 7 System Design We don’t know the transportation cost How to estimate it? Assume we have estimates of –c m = $/mile (may include $/hr figures) –c s = $/stop (may include $/hr figures) –c i = $/item ….
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8 8 The Easy Stuff Stops –Number of customers –Number of deliveries Items –Customer demand Miles? What might we be important to know?
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9 9 Customer Distribution Is this rural North Dakota or Downtown Manhattan? Might estimate it from –Census information –Marketing information –GIS Customer Density – customers per sq. mile
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10 How Far between Customers? = 9 customers per sq. mile 1 mile 1/3 mile
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11 Conclusion Customer density about customers per sq. mile leads to average distance between customers of about 1/ miles What does this mean for transportation costs?
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12 Extreme Cases N is the number of customers C is the number of customers per vehicle If there are “few” routes, e.g, No. of routes much less than customers/route N/C << C or N << C 2 If there are “many” routes, e.g, No. of routes much more than customers/route N/C >> C or N >> C 2
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13 Few Routes Avoid “line hauls” x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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14 Total Distance Customer density about the same in each zone. Each zone visits C customers Each zone travels about kC 1/ Total Travel about kN 1/ k is a constant that depends on the metric x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
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15 Many Routes If there are “many” routes, e.g, No. of routes much more than customers/route N/C >> C or N >> C 2 Can’t fit them all around the DC Approach more like the strip heuristic
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16 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Partition the Customers
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17 The Partition Each partition Is k’/ wide Is C/ k’ long Area is C/ C customers on average Effect on Travel? x x k’/ C/ k’
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18 The Line Haul Length of the route 2r + Ck 1/ With N/C routes… Transportation Costs 2E(r)N/C + NkE ( 1/ ) x x x r
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19 Example: WebVan Greater Atlanta (Hypothetical) 280,000 households 300 sq miles (17 miles x 17 miles) 5% market share 14,000 deliveries per week 2,000 per day 1,000 per shift
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20 WebVan Hypothetical Delivery Density (on shift basis) 300 sq miles 1,000 per shift 3.3 customers per sq. mile 0.55 miles between customers
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21 Using Few Routes Customers per route? Determined by driver schedule 7 hour shift 15 miles/hr avg. speed 0.55 miles between customers (2.2 minutes) 2 minutes per stop (4-5 minutes per customer) 12-15 customers/hr 84-105 customers per route 10-12 routes per shift
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22 Consistent? C 80+ Customers per route N 1000 Customers Middle ground –Neither N >> C 2 –Nor N << C 2
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23 Using Many Routes What’s r roughly? Total Area 300 sq miles 17 miles by 17 miles 2r < 17 miles Line haul speed 30-35 miles/hr r costs 30 min. out of each 7 hr shift. (7%) x x x r
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24 Double Market Share Delivery Density (on shift basis) 300 sq miles 1,000 per shift ==> 2,000 per shift 3.3 ==> 7 customers per sq. mile 0.55 ==> 0.38 miles between customers 2.2 ==> 1.5 minutes drive 4-5 ==> 3-4 minutes per customer 12-15 ==> 15-20 customers/hr 84-105 ==>100-140 customers per route
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25 Realities What’s the impact of peak and off-peak times? What’s the impact of Scheduled deliveries? –How might we estimate the average distance per customer?
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26 Ford vs WebVan Suppose Ford operated the delivery fleet What to do? –Deliver to all the Dealerships at once? –Stagger deliveries? What’s the trade-off? Proposals?
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