Research Article

Two-Echelon Location-Routing Problem with Time Windows and Transportation Resource Sharing

Table 5

Result comparison among different location strategies.

Location strategyFixed cost ($)Transportation cost ($)Distribution cost ($)Penalty cost ($)Total cost ($)Number of vehicles

{DC3, DC4, DC5}64017631924040487
{DC3, DC4, DC5, DC6}88020124841635815
{DC2, DC3, DC4, DC5, DC6}10702352600840135