Abstract Inventory Routing Problem is a variant of the Vehicle Routing Problem that consists
of interrelated vehicle routing and inventory decisions. There is a growing interest in …

It is well known that the integrated optimization of multiple and inter-related decisions in a
supply chain can bring important benefits to companies. In this spirit, the inventory routing …

Sustainable supply chains depend on three critical decisions: production, inventory
management, and distribution with reverse flows. To achieve an effective level of operational …

The impact of climate change and the global efforts to address it have made environmental
considerations increasingly important. Industries and transportation, being major energy …

Based on the Internet of Things, standard coordination protocol, smart containers and other
key foundations, the Physical Internet (PI) provides an interconnected, shared and …

Integrated and simultaneous decision-making is essential for the production, reproduction,
storage, distribution, and cross-docking, especially in Fast-Moving Consumer Goods …

The inventory routing problem (IRP) arises in the joint practices of vendor-managed
inventory (VMI) and vehicle routing problem (VRP), aiming to simultaneously optimize the …

The production routing problem (PRP) is an integrated operational planning problem that
combines the two well-known optimization problems, vehicle routing problem (VRP) and lot …

This paper studies a stochastic inventory routing problem with alternative handling modules
and limited capital budget, under partial distributional information (ie, the mean and …

Abstract We consider the Inventory Routing Problem (IRP) with one vendor replenishing the
inventories of many retailers who face stochastic demands. To hedge against demand …