ATO Beer Delivery

Problem Definition

The beer supplier is set a task to optimize the delivery of goods to its customers.

The supply chain comprises:

1 distribution center
50 customers

There are two vehicle types in the fleet of the distribution center:

Type	Capacity, pallets	Cost, USD (per km)	Amount
Truck	15	6	3
Lorry	10	4	3

Customers order beer every 3 days, with the expected lead time of 4 days.

The distribution center and customers have time limits for processing, sending and receiving orders. We also know the time it takes to load and unload the goods.

It is required to obtain the optimal set of routes in terms of profit considering the existing conditions (expected delivery time, time windows)

Result

By default, the results of the experiment are available in the Optimization Results tab, which contains a table with the optimal set of routes that satisfy the required conditions. Each route has:

Vehicle is assigned to it
Estimated costs and profit.

Pay attention to the following:

The Advanced TO experiment successfully solves problems containing several vehicle types. The optimal transport is chosen for each route.
The Generated Trips Segments page contains the following detailed data per each route:
- Positioning and delivery locations
- Distance between the delivery points
- Delivery times
- Vehicle load
- Delivery costs
Each order is processed individually without aggregation.

More data on orders and their processing is available on the following pages:

Trip Locations - shows detailed statistics on vehicle movement:
- List of customers the vehicle visited
- The amount of products the vehicle transported per customer
- The time spent on delivering orders
- The arrival / departure times
- Amount of processed goods
- Vehicle loading on the route
Trip Action - shows sequence of events and detailed statistics for each event in the trip:
- Location of the action
- Date and time of the beginning of the action
- Information about the processed order
Orders Statistics - detailed statistics on completed orders:
- Date of placing the order
- Date of expected execution of the order
- Quantity of goods in the order
- Cost of the delivered goods
- Supplier order processing time
- Time of order processing at the client