A Novel Approach for Optimizing the Supply Chain: A Heuristic-Based Hybrid Algorithm

Table 9

Dataset sample involving up to 50 distribution requests.

Customer number	Load (m^3)	Customer location		Direct shipment cost from the cross-docking center (load  1.5 $)
		X coordinate	Y coordinate
1	10	101	195	15
2	15	184	115	22,5
3	13	140	49	19,5
4	10	110	98	15
5	26	114	52	39
6	2	184	189	3
7	25	83	50	37,5
8	4	298	99	6
9	16	75	260	24
10	18	250	38	27
11	24	94	298	36
12	12	246	41	18
13	11	167	58	16,5
14	32	99	255	48
15	8	270	80	12
16	17	98	256	25,5
17	13	217	167	19,5
18	10	200	180	15
19	40	160	64	60
20	42	154	128	63
21	50	207	57	75
22	17	187	265	25,5
23	29	168	234	43,5
24	12	292	291	18
25	15	189	118	22,5
26	38	148	261	57
27	50	155	240	75
28	23	287	80	34,5
29	12	81	243	18
30	18	156	56	27
31	19	43	221	28,5
32	22	193	119	33
33	6	70	269	9
34	19	290	231	28,5
35	29	253	247	43,5
36	33	136	86	49,5
37	20	228	138	30
38	40	80	209	60
39	9	298	272	13,5
40	21	65	262	31,5
41	19	148	229	28,5
42	21	31	252	31,5
43	15	89	56	22,5
44	12	182	100	18
45	15	76	180	22,5
46	16	176	127	24
47	14	126	194	21
48	22	270	130	33
49	18	53	56	27
50	17	169	250	25,5

Manufacturer/supplier Cartesian coordinates: X = 125, Y = 35; cross-dock Cartesian coordinates: X = 400, Y = 200.