Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in Tehran

One of the most important problems facing distribution companies is to find the best locations for depots and also proper routes for transportation vehicles in order to optimize their supply network. This study aims to examine the problem of location-routing for post offices in Tehran. To achieve th...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hossein Tahmasebi, Kaveh Khalili Damghani, Vahidreza Ghezavati
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2018-03-01
Series:Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atī
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Online Access:https://jims.atu.ac.ir/article_8366_3bebd8aa35c8d27cee7868b8486ded56.pdf
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description One of the most important problems facing distribution companies is to find the best locations for depots and also proper routes for transportation vehicles in order to optimize their supply network. This study aims to examine the problem of location-routing for post offices in Tehran. To achieve this, a bi-objective location-routing problem is proposed. In order to make the problem more realistic, time constraints are taken into account. A suitable solution procedure on the basis of customized goal programming is developed to solve the proposed model. The proposed model and solution procedure are applied in post offices in Tehran, Iran. The results of proposed model show considerable savings in time and cost of planning in comparison with the current planning in the case. The proposed model can be applied in other cases such as location of garbage bins in city and routing of collecting vehicles. Other significant parameters in urban planning can be considered as uncertainty in this model in the future research. This model can be customized for whole of Iran and therefore, meta-heuristic methods can be used to solve the instances in large scale
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spelling doaj.art-203f6c3a7a98473592132ea9c5dc3b6a2024-01-03T04:45:00ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressMuṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atī2251-80292476-602X2018-03-011648557210.22054/jims.2018.83668366Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in TehranMohammad Hossein Tahmasebi0Kaveh Khalili Damghani1Vahidreza Ghezavati2کارشناسی ارشد مهندسی صنایع دانشکده مهندسی صنایع، واحد تهران جنوب ، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامیدانشیار مهندسی صنایع دانشکده مهندسی صنایع، واحد تهران جنوب، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهراندانشیار مهندسی صنایع دانشکده مهندسی صنایع، واحد تهران جنوب، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهرانOne of the most important problems facing distribution companies is to find the best locations for depots and also proper routes for transportation vehicles in order to optimize their supply network. This study aims to examine the problem of location-routing for post offices in Tehran. To achieve this, a bi-objective location-routing problem is proposed. In order to make the problem more realistic, time constraints are taken into account. A suitable solution procedure on the basis of customized goal programming is developed to solve the proposed model. The proposed model and solution procedure are applied in post offices in Tehran, Iran. The results of proposed model show considerable savings in time and cost of planning in comparison with the current planning in the case. The proposed model can be applied in other cases such as location of garbage bins in city and routing of collecting vehicles. Other significant parameters in urban planning can be considered as uncertainty in this model in the future research. This model can be customized for whole of Iran and therefore, meta-heuristic methods can be used to solve the instances in large scalehttps://jims.atu.ac.ir/article_8366_3bebd8aa35c8d27cee7868b8486ded56.pdflocation-routing problembi-objective mathematical programminggoal programmingtehran post office
spellingShingle Mohammad Hossein Tahmasebi
Kaveh Khalili Damghani
Vahidreza Ghezavati
Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in Tehran
Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atī
location-routing problem
bi-objective mathematical programming
goal programming
tehran post office
title Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in Tehran
title_full Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in Tehran
title_fullStr Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in Tehran
title_full_unstemmed Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in Tehran
title_short Location Planning for Post Offices and Routing for Postal Parcels in Tehran
title_sort location planning for post offices and routing for postal parcels in tehran
topic location-routing problem
bi-objective mathematical programming
goal programming
tehran post office
url https://jims.atu.ac.ir/article_8366_3bebd8aa35c8d27cee7868b8486ded56.pdf
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