Inventory routing problems for the management of returnable transportation items (RTI)
Pirotte, Myriem
Promotor(s) : Limbourg, Sabine
Date of defense : 22-Jun-2017/27-Jun-2017 • Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2268.2/2708
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Title : | Inventory routing problems for the management of returnable transportation items (RTI) |
Author : | Pirotte, Myriem |
Date of defense : | 22-Jun-2017/27-Jun-2017 |
Advisor(s) : | Limbourg, Sabine |
Committee's member(s) : | Arda, Yasemin
Paquay, Célia |
Language : | English |
Keywords : | [fr] Returnable Transport Item (RTI), pickups and deliveries, durability constraints, maximum ceiling constraints, minimum threshold constraints. |
Discipline(s) : | Business & economic sciences > Production, distribution & supply chain management |
Institution(s) : | Université de Liège, Liège, Belgique |
Degree: | Master en ingénieur de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics |
Faculty: | Master thesis of the HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'Université de Liège |
Abstract
[fr] This Master thesis proposes some modifications of the model developed by Iassinovskaia,
Limbourg and Riane (2017) related to Pickup and Delivery Inventory Routing Problem with
Time Windows (PDIRPTW) for the management of Returnable Transport Items (RTIs). The
aim of these modifications is to better reflect the reality of the management of RTIs in
organizations.
The first improvement provided to the model refers to durability, resale and losses. The
durability aspect relates to the fact that RTIs have a finite lifetime, which means that they can
be used only a limited number of times. Then, the company has to dispose of these items and
one interesting way to proceed is to resell them, hence the resale aspect which is strongly
linked to the durability feature. Finally, the loss of RTIs is a frequent problem faced by
companies. Both durability and losses generate the need to purchase more RTIs.
The second and third modifications are about maximum ceiling constraints and minimum
threshold constraints that are added to the initial model of Iassinovskaia et al. (2017). Some
companies have to establish this kind of rules for some managerial or organizational reasons,
although they result in some additional costs.
These three main parts of the thesis are illustrated by some real-life situations drawn from the
Master thesis of Martin (2016) and from the visits of different companies. Then, the models
are developed and explained. After that, some analyses are performed and some conclusions
are finally drawn.
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