A Computerized Vehicle Routing Application
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- Published by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in Interfaces
- Vol. 12 (4) , 42-52
- https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.12.4.42
Abstract
This paper describes a Management Science project at E. I. Du Pont, Inc., which utilized state-of-the-art computerized vehicle routing methods to reduce delivery costs for a major product by over 15%. The problem involved the assignment of over 1,500 customers to about 50 routes. The project illustrates him an Operations Research consulting team, working closely with line management can install a decision support system that provides major benefits.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: