This paper describes a real-world case study consisting in redesigning the inter-facility network of a parcel distribution company in a developing country. The primary objective of the paper is to identify and indeed convey the existing technical, organisational and cultural challenges. As it...

A formulation of the network design problem as a bilevel linear program is presented which admits both the convex and concave investment functions. It also allows a more general representation of travel cost functions than a previous formulation by LeBlanc and Boyce (1986).

In this paper we propose a model to generate an effective timetable for time definite parcel distribution companies operating a hierarchical hub-and-spoke network. The model, referred to as parcel distribution timetabling problem, provides the departure times from each serviced city and each...