CAR TRANSPORTATION BY TRUCK. VEHICLE ROUTING: METHODS AND STUDIES. STUDIES IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND SYSTEMS - VOLUME 16

Automobile carriers haul cars from manufacturers to dealerships. Since a standard truck can hold approximately 8 cars, depending on the type of truck and the size of the cars, it is often necessary for the carrier to combine cars of various sizes in the same shipment to optimize the utilization of trucks. A single shipment may visit more than one dealer, and shipments to the same dealer from different manufacturers may be combined. Moreover, several shipments which don't fill a whole truck themselves can be arranged as a series of smaller shipments (for up to five days) to achieve continuous utilization of the vehicle. The main objective of an auto carrier operation is generally the minimization of cost per car transported. This is strongly related to reducing the number of empty miles traveled. Another goal is to restructure the scheduling of vehicles in order to achieve more economic assignments of cars to trucks, and to acquire and fit new orders into the present schedule easily. Very little work has been devoted to this problem. In this paper, the problem and a simple heuristic solution procedure will be discussed. (Author/TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Pape, V
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 425-437
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Dalctraf
  • Publisher: Dalctraf

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Freight transportation; Itinerary; Mathematical models; Operations research; Physical distribution; Planning; Routing; Timetables; Trucks
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 9016: Distribution (gen); 741: Goods traffic; 699: Itinerary; 1236: Lorry; 6473: Mathematical model; 9055: Operational research; 143: Planning; 1186: Timetable
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491700
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-444-70407-8
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM