Research Article

Transshipment Vehicle Routing with Pickup and Delivery for Cross-Filling

Table 1

Notations.

Item ( = 1, 2, …, K)
Distribution center ( = 1, 2, …, )
Order-up-to-level of item at all DCs
Initial inventory matrix of a day
Daily demand matrix of a day
Unit price of item
Inventory and shortage, respectively, of item at DC before transshipment after assigning on-hand inventory to the daily demand
Inventory and shortage, respectively, of item at DC after transshipment is completed