Research Article

Development and Application of Milk-Run Distribution Systems in the Express Industry Based on Saving Algorithm

Table 5

The contradistinction between milk-run model and the previous model of W’s.

Transportation schema Vehicle
usage
Total transportation
distance (km)
Vehicle loaded
rate (%)
Transportation task
completion
Transportation cost
(Yuan)

Normal schema 5 86.92 74.80 unfinished 3738.4
Milk-run schema 5 64.07 73.20 finished 3281.4
Improved milk-run schema 4 64.58 91.50 finished 2891.6