The inventory-routing problem (IRP) dates back 30 years. It can be described as the
combination of vehicle-routing and inventory management problems, in which a supplier …

This paper describes industrial aspects of combined inventory management and routing in
maritime and road-based transportation, and gives a classification and comprehensive …

In the e‐commerce era, vendors have to satisfy a large number of on‐line orders, mainly
from private customers, with low weight and volume, reduced delivery time, and overlap of …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses some of the most important vehicle routing
problem types. The vehicle routing problem lies at the heart of distribution management. It is …

We consider a distribution problem in which a product has to be shipped from a supplier to
several retailers over a given time horizon. Each retailer defines a maximum inventory level …

This paper for the first time presents a novel model to simultaneously optimize location,
allocation, capacity, inventory, and routing decisions in a stochastic supply chain system …

This paper introduces the Inventory-Routing Problem with Transshipment (IRPT). This
problem arises when vehicle routing and inventory decisions must be made simultaneously …

In this paper, we present a solution approach for the inventory-routing problem. The
inventory-routing problem is a variation of the vehicle-routing problem that arises in …

The production routing problem (PRP) is a generalization of the inventory routing problem
and concerns the production and distribution of a single product from a production plant to …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to evaluate inventory management in the private
healthcare sector in Malaysia, with a particular focus on the distribution of medicines from a …