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dc.contributor.author Dharmapriya, USS
dc.contributor.author Kumarage, Amal S
dc.date.accessioned 2018-09-17T20:52:51Z
dc.date.available 2018-09-17T20:52:51Z
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13565
dc.description.abstract Distribution, one of major outbound logistics functions draws attention due to high cost incurred. This study investigates the planning of a real time distribution operation achieving three objectives simultaneously. Route optimization, truck utilization and equal delivery make-span have been accompanied in order to address the problem giving financial benefits to company and satisfying the stake-holders. It is a real challenge to fulfill these three objectives concurrently; however, this research provides promising solution for the problem combining both exact and heuristics techniques. Heuristics techniques exploits to cluster the customers ensuring equal delivery make-span and Dijikstra algorithm has been modified to generate optimal route in terms of distance and delivery quantity. Algorithm was developed in C++. Results reveal that proposed route planning reduces the cost by 11.5 % included with 50% reduction of fleet size and 37% saving of travel distance. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Outbound logistics en_US
dc.subject distribution en_US
dc.subject exact en_US
dc.subject heuristic en_US
dc.title Optimization of multi-objective outbound logistics operation en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Civil Engineering en_US
dc.identifier.year 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 9th Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation & the Environment en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos 337-346 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Conference on Transportation & the Environment en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31705/APTE.2014.31 en_US


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