| Article ID: | iaor1999537 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Start Page Number: | 779 |
| End Page Number: | 785 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Ronen D., Brown G.G. |
| Keywords: | transportation: road, optimization |
We describe the development and operation of an interactive system based on a mathematical optimisation model which is used by a major US manufacturer to consolidate customer orders into truckloads. Dozens of users employ the system daily for planning delivery of orders from manufacturing plants to customers by truckload carriers, saving numerous hours of the users' time and reducing transportation costs.