Multi-trip distribution

Orders, vehicle trips and visit sequences were reviewed together to use contracted capacity before comparing extra vehicles for uncovered demand.

Industry: Logistics / Distribution
Decision family: Sequence optimization
Evaluation scope: Decision and input review

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The operating decision

Planning stops in sequence can leave trips unbalanced, contracted capacity underused and extra vehicles necessary.

Inputs: Delivery orders · Contracted-vehicle terms · Vehicle types · Delivery zones · Delivery windows
Decision: Order-to-vehicle assignment · Trip composition · Visit order · Extra-vehicle use
Constraints: Load capacity · Distance per trip · Delivery windows · Primary and secondary service zones

How it is approached

Allocate orders across trips
Decide which vehicle serves which stops on each trip, applying the contracted operating terms.
Check the complete trip
Evaluate the proposed visit order against capacity, distance, time and zone restrictions before treating a trip as feasible.
Review coverage and extra vehicles
Read order coverage, vehicle load and extra-vehicle cost together, and identify input conditions that prevent a workable plan.

One fleet. Several trips. One connected plan.

A logistics dispatch structure: zones, vehicle assignments, trips and visit order are reviewed together. Diagram is illustrative, not an actual dispatch.Scroll to explore the diagram ↔

Decision and input review

Validation & scope

The source describes input review and the decision structure. Capacity violations, distant stops and zone mismatches were identified in the data; improvement over the existing dispatch was not yet measured. The dispatch figure is illustrative.