| Author | Al-Amin, Md. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. IE-89-01 |
| Subject(s) | Transportation--Economic aspects
Scheduling (Management)
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree
of Master of Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study concerns the development and implementation of a design of
distribution system from one origin to many customers. It designs a set of
different kinds of trucks with minimum total transportation and inventory cost,
leaving from and eventually returning to the origin, while satisfying capacity
constraints and meeting customer requirements. Demands are deterministic and
static, and in- process and holding costs are considered in the decision along
with the shipment size for each truck type for each customer. The general
objective of this model is to deliver the different oil products (food or non-food)
as packed carton or tin product with the minimum total cost per carton per
month by the optimal truck type for each customer for a set of different kinds
of truck. The models are developed for two different distribution patterns:
direct and peddling. For direct shipping, the optimal shipment size by a solution
of a nonlinear program with considering the truck capacity constraint, while
peddling, the optimal shipment size is a full truck with considering a side
constraint. The peddling cost also depends on the region size (number of
customers in each region). The optimal truck type for both distribution model
is given by cost minimization equation. Finally, a schedule is provided for the
set of trucks per month with the optimal shipment size for each customer
covered by the company. |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial Engineering (IE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Fujiwara, Okitsugu; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Tabucanon, Mario T.;Tang, John C.S.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | DAAD, West Germany; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |
