{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,29]],"date-time":"2025-09-29T15:40:43Z","timestamp":1759160443973},"reference-count":40,"publisher":"IGI Global","issue":"4","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,1]]},"abstract":"<p>In today\u2019s highly competitive and demanding environment, the pressure on both public and private organizations is to achieve a better way to deliver values to end customers. There has been a growing recognition that the two goals, cost reduction and customer service are achieved through Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM). Transportation of goods continues an important part of in-bound as well as outbound logistics of Supply Chain Management (SCM). Efficient distribution of goods and services is of great importance in today\u2019s competitive market, because transportation constitutes a considerable portion of the purchase price of most products or services. Vehicle routing is considered as an important resource in a distribution logistics management system. Effective plan and control of vehicle operation can significantly reduce the cost of physical distribution system. To overcome the challenges of changing environment, the scheme of vehicle control of a physical distribution system should be dynamic. Thus India has become the top milk producing country in the world. This study addresses the vehicle routing aspect of distribution logistics in Sangam dairy supply chain of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh. The problem is viewed as Vehicle Routing Problem with Backhauls (VRPB) and a mathematical model is developed with the consideration of various practical constraints. Moreover, a decision support system is developed for dynamic VRPB, which would help the manager in making operational and tactical decisions.<\/p>","DOI":"10.4018\/ijisscm.2013100105","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,1,30]],"date-time":"2014-01-30T20:26:15Z","timestamp":1391113575000},"page":"77-101","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Decision Support System for Real Time Vehicle Routing in Indian Dairy Industry: A Case Study"],"prefix":"10.4018","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"R. A.","family":"Malairajan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anna University Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India"}]},{"given":"K.","family":"Ganesh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Global Business Services - Global Delivery, IBM India Private Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India"}]},{"given":"M.","family":"Punnniyamoorthy","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India"}]},{"given":"S. P.","family":"Anbuudayasankar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India"}]}],"member":"2432","reference":[{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-0","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2010092905"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/net.3230110204"},{"issue":"2","key":"ijisscm.2013100105-2","first-page":"63","article-title":"Computers and operations research.","volume":"10","author":"L. D.Bodin","year":"1983","journal-title":"Special Issue on the Routing and Scheduling of Vehicles and Crews"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1504\/IJATM.2009.023587"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-4","unstructured":"Casco, D. O., Golden, B. L., & Wasil, E. A. (1988). Vehicle routing with backhauls: Models, algorithms, and case studies. In Golden and Assad (Eds.), Vehicle routing: Methods and studies (pp. 127-147)."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-5","unstructured":"Chancellor, A. (1988). Snack food companies haul more than chips. The Journal of Commerce and Commercial, March 21, 1A."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1504\/IJDATS.2009.024294"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/opre.12.4.568"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-8","unstructured":"Cullen, F. H. (1984). Set partitioning based heuristics for interactive routing. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/net.3230110206"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-10","unstructured":"Deif, I., & Bodin, L. (1984). Extension of the Clarke and Wright algorithm for solving the vehicle routing problem with backhauling. In A. E. Kidder (Ed.), Proceedings of the Babson Conference on Software Uses in Transportation and Logistics Management, Babson Park, MA (pp. 75-96)."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/opre.40.2.342"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2009062902"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-13","unstructured":"Fisher, M. L., & Jaikumar, R. (1978). A decomposition algorithm for large-scale vehicle routing. Working paper 78-11-05, Wharton Department of Decision Sciences, University of Pennsylvania."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/net.3230110205"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-15","unstructured":"Gelinas, S. (1991). Fabrication de tournees avec rechargement (In French, Construction of Backhaul Routes). Unpublished master's thesis, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/opre.22.2.340"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-17","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0377-2217(89)90057-X"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-18","author":"B. L.Golden","year":"1988","journal-title":"Vehicle routing: Methods and studies"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-19","unstructured":"Golden, B. L., Baker, E. K., Alfaro, J. L., & Schaffer, J. R. (1985). The vehicle routing problem with backhauling: Two approaches. Working paper series MS\/S 85-037, College of Business and Management, University of Maryland."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-20","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/moor.10.4.527"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-21","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2009062901"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-22","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0191-2615(87)90002-6"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-23","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0191-2615(85)90014-1"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-24","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2008100104"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-25","unstructured":"Kearney, A. T. Inc. (1984). Measuring and improving productivity in physical distribution, a report prepared for the national council of physical distribution management. Oak Brook, IL: NCPDM."},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-26","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/net.3230110211"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-27","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/opre.21.2.498"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1504\/IJDATS.2008.021117"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-29","article-title":"An algorithm for the generalized assignment problem","author":"S.Martello","year":"1981","journal-title":"Operational Research '81"},{"issue":"1","key":"ijisscm.2013100105-30","first-page":"259","article-title":"The multiple depot vehicle routing problem with backhauling.","volume":"13","author":"H.Min","year":"1992","journal-title":"Journal of Business Logistics"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2008010103"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-32","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Orr, A. (1989). Spartan looks down the road. U. S. Distribution Journal, 43-48.","DOI":"10.7748\/ns.4.8.43.s47"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-33","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2010092903"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-34","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Saen, R. F., & Wang, J. (2010). A new look at selecting third-party reverse logistics providers. International Journal of Information Systems andSupply Chain Management,3(1), 58 \u2013 67.","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2010092904"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-35","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2009062905"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-36","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2009010102"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2009070101"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-38","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4018\/jisscm.2008040101"},{"key":"ijisscm.2013100105-39","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1287\/inte.17.2.52"}],"container-title":["International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management"],"original-title":[],"language":"ng","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.igi-global.com\/viewtitle.aspx?TitleId=100787","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,6,1]],"date-time":"2022-06-01T15:21:27Z","timestamp":1654096887000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/services.igi-global.com\/resolvedoi\/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018\/ijisscm.2013100105"}},"subtitle":[""],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,1]]},"references-count":40,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2013,10]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4018\/ijisscm.2013100105","relation":{},"ISSN":["1935-5726","1935-5734"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1935-5726","type":"print"},{"value":"1935-5734","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,1]]}}}