The purpose of this case study is to illustrate the following:
- Blue sky distribution network development.
- The universality of our modelling tool:
- Delivery units included pallets, oversized pallets, stillages and nested or stacked products, all converted into standard pallet footprint equivalents.
- Some products or customers required vehicles with mechanical offloading capability; others could be served with conventional flat beds.
- Vehicle overloading was a risk, so order weight was also used as a constraint