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Robust Inventory Routing Problem with Replenishment Lead Time

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The inventory routing problem (IRP) is studying how to deliver products to several customers from the supplier, which is a combination of inventory management and vehicle routing problems. This paper studied an IRP with considering the time consumption in transportation, which is the replenishment lead time. In this problem, the delivery sequence impacts the transport cost and the replenishment lead time of customers. Three decisions should be made: 1) which customer should be replenished; 2) how much goods should be delivered; 3) the delivery sequence. In this paper, we proposed a single period model, which can very easily be extended to a rolling horizon policy for solving the infinity horizon IRP. We discussed the closed-form solution of robust inventory policy and proposed a Genetic Algorithm to solve this problem. Finally, a numerical example is provided to indicate the feasibility of the algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2019
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages825-829
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728138046
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2019
Event2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2019 - Macao, Macao SAR
Duration: 15 Dec 201918 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
ISSN (Print)2157-3611
ISSN (Electronic)2157-362X

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2019
Country/TerritoryMacao SAR
CityMacao
Period15/12/1918/12/19

Keywords

  • Inventory routing problem (IRP)
  • replenishment lead time
  • robust optimization
  • uncertain demand

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