Research Article

A Two-Stage Simulated Annealing Algorithm for the Many-to-Many Milk-Run Routing Problem with Pipeline Inventory Cost

Table 15

Data of the demands and (pipeline inventory cost per unit time per unit of product ) for each supplier and plant.

PlantsSuppliers
ABCDEFGHIJKL

M0.7550.6610.637050.230.2790.220.7130.130.9510.0580.41
N0.23501070.0550.0530.1390.0720.6330.0330.6810.0180.053
O0.350.0710.1770.075030.0790.120.8830.0630.7310.03802
P0.1750.2310.370.150.1330.1790.2220.6530.1930.9810.05802
Q0.6650.110.3370.0850.0630.1190.1320.7630.0930.9410.0180.15

Suppliers: A(38, 45) supplier of bean pulp; B(40, 37) cottonseed meal; C(12, 47) distiller’s grains; D(7, 33) peanut meal; E(24, 18) corn gluten meal; F(34, 37) fermented soybean meal; G(48, 29) rice bran meal; H(28, 20) flour; I(33, 6) wheat; J(18, 13) corn; K(23, 53) whey powder; and L(24, 9) amino acids, calcium hydrogen phosphate, protein powder, and so forth.
Plants: M(25, 25); N(16, 33); O(28, 29); P(11, 22); and Q(17, 29).