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R & D - * USA - Optimizing Routes and Resources for Trucking Companies
As competition increases and shippers raise their expectations for service, trucking companies must optimize their routes and use of drivers, vehicles and facilities
GA,USA -The Georgia Institute of Technology/PhysOrg.com -February 6, 2009: -- ... Researchers in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech are developing models to help optimize driver and equipment scheduling, shipment planning, load consolidation and routing for two carriers - Saia and YRC Worldwide... The companies operate as less-than-truckload carriers, which means they collect freight from various shippers and consolidate that freight to fill trailers for travel to common destinations... Developed a different tactical plan for each day of the week for Duluth, Ga.-based Saia. “Our results have shown that there is the potential for 5 to 10 percent reductions in line haul costs, which equates to savings of $10 million to $20 million dollars per year, simply by executing a different plan each weekday,” says Erera... For YRC Worldwide, which operates both the Yellow Freight and Roadway carriers, the researchers initially focused their efforts on driver management issues. They developed a computer program that could plan a week’s worth of driver schedules in a matter of minutes, while considering driver constraints and costs... Results indicate that fleet sizes may be reduced by 10-15 percent if resources are moved geographically to where they are needed most at any given time... (Photo courtesy of Saia)Labels: products and services
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