Sequencing the processing of incoming mail to match an outbound truck delivery schedule

Optimization of postal express line network under mixed driving pattern of trucks

“…The current researches about postal delivery mainly focus on the following issues: postal service network design problem (Haughton, 2008;Lin, 2010;Sebastian, 2012), facility location problem (Wasner and Zäpfel, 2004;Sim et al, 2009;Çetiner et al, 2010), VRP andTSP (Adenso-Díaz et al, 1998;Smilowitz et al, 2003;Faulin et al, 2005;Chang and Liao, 2008;Zäpfel and Bögl, 2008;Irnich, 2008;Karaoglan et al, 2012), and scheduling problem (Bard, 2004;Wang et al, 2005;McWilliams and McBride, 2012). However, the characteristics of postal express delivery and the details of trucks' behavior in long-haul transportation have not attracted much attention in the literature.…”

Bütünleşi̇k Tedari̇k Zi̇nci̇ri̇ Çi̇zelgeleme Modelleri̇: Bi̇r Li̇teratür Taramasi

“…Such products should be delivered to the customer immediately after production (Lacomme et al, 2018). Other examples of time-sensitive products include the printing and distribution of newspapers and the processing and distribution of mail [Wang et al, 2005]. In all these cases, it is necessary to schedule the production and delivery of the finished product in an integrated manner.…”

Scheduling identical parallel machines with fixed delivery dates to minimize total tardiness

“…The practical relevance of such problems is underlined by various papers addressing real-world situations with fixed delivery dates. For instance, Wang et al (2005) consider a scheduling problem arising at the U.S. Postal Service, where mail processing operations are scheduled subject to an outbound truck delivery schedule.…”