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Multi-period inventory routing problem under carbon emission regulations

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  • Cheng, Chun
  • Qi, Mingyao
  • Wang, Xingyi
  • Zhang, Ying

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This paper analyzes the impacts of carbon emission regulations on the traditional inventory routing problem (IRP). We first present the traditional IRP model, which is an inbound commodity collection system consisting of one assembly plant and a set of geographically dispersed suppliers. At the beginning of each period, a fleet of capacitated identical vehicles depart the depot to pick up products from suppliers to meet the assembly plant’s demand, which is deterministic and time-varying. We use fixed transportation cost, fuel consumption cost and inventory holding cost to evaluate the system’s total cost, in which fuel consumption cost is determined by fuel consumption rate, distance and fuel price. Then we investigate the impacts of carbon emission regulations on the traditional IRP problem, wherein carbon emissions are generated by fuel consumption. A series of mixed integer nonlinear programming models are constructed and linearization methods are used. A hybrid genetic algorithm based on allocation first and routing second is proposed to find near-optimal solutions for these problems. Numerical tests are performed to show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, and several managerial insights are observed from parameter sensitive analyses which may help both the government and the industry to adopt appropriate carbon reduction regulations.

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  • Cheng, Chun & Qi, Mingyao & Wang, Xingyi & Zhang, Ying, 2016. "Multi-period inventory routing problem under carbon emission regulations," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 182(C), pages 263-275.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:proeco:v:182:y:2016:i:c:p:263-275
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.09.001
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