| dc.description.abstract | Collaborative Inventory Control and The Vehicle Routing between locations of
distribution center, hubs and retailer is an important strategic decision in distribution
network design, in general as it relates to service level quality, profitability and
productivity of the company. The Collaborative Inventory Control problem is the problem
of determine the optimal order quantity as well as the optimal inventory level with existing
the inventory transfer between warehouses. The Vehicle Routing Problem is observed with
time window constraint.
The aim of the two models are to minimize the total inventory cost, and total transportation
cost respectively. Moreover, lot sizing is also play an important role in this distribution
network. It decides when a retailer needs to order with a sufficient quantity to get the
optimal cost. This can help retailer to save money, save time and have the control of their
inventory better.
Firstly, Collaborative Inventory Problem will be compared with non-collaborative
problem by proposing a Mixed integer linear programming models. Then routing and lot
sizing would be solved by Genetic Algorithm for large size in comparing to small size
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