A Multicriteria Analysis for the Green VRP: A Case Discussion for the Distribution Problem of a Spanish Retailer

This research presents the group of green vehicle routing problems with environmental costs translated into money versus production of noise, pollution and fuel consumption. This research is focused on multi-objective green logistics optimization. Optimality criteria are environmental costs: minimization of amount of money paid as externality cost for noise, pollution and costs of fuel versus minimization of noise, pollution and fuel consumption themselves. Some mixed integer programming formulations of multi-criteria vehicle routing problems have been considered. Mathematical models were formulated under assumption of existence of asymmetric distance-based costs and use of homogeneous fleet. The exact solution methods are applied for finding optimal solutions. The software used to solve these models is the CPLEX solver with AMPL programming language. The researchers were able to use real data from a Spanish company of groceries. Problems deal with green logistics for routes crossing the Spanish regions of Navarre, Basque Country and La Rioja. Analyses of obtained results could help logistics managers to lead the initiative in area of green logistics by saving money paid for environmental costs as well as direct cost of fuel and minimization of pollution and noise.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2017.03.037
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146517301722
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/23521465
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Bartosz Sawik et al. Published by Elsevier B.V.
• Authors:
  • Sawik, Bartosz
  • Faulin, Javier
  • Pérez-Bernabeu, Elena
• Conference:
  • 19th EURO Working Group on Transportation Meeting "Simulation and Optimization of Traffic and Transportation Systems", EWGT 2016
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2016-9-5 to 2016-9-7
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 305-313
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Delivery service; Environmental impacts; Fuel consumption; Logistics; Mathematical models; Mixed integer programming; Noise; Retail trade; Routes and routing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Vehicle routing problem
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01636131
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2017 11:30AM