Nominated Delivery Day Assignment and Master Routes
In many distribution environments, the supplier is able to dictate delivery days to customers. Usually, customers get one or two deliveries a week, and it is often necessary to find routes that allocate customers to delivery days and routes, in such a way, as to minimize the total delivery cost. The data that is needed is a list of customers, addresses, average delivery size, number of visits per week, preferred delivery days if any, delivery windows, vehicle exclusions, and working hours. We also use the vehicle sizes and fleet configuration in building the routes. The output that is provided is a list of routes, and vehicles for each day. Route maps can also be provided if required.
