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AgendaDefinitionField of ApplicationRoute PlanningGPS TrackingAdvantages

Definition

Fleet Management comprises the target-oriented, optimal planning, supervision and control of the fleet operations based on the available resources, considering internal and external influencing factors. A special focus is on the integration of organizational processes with modern information systems.

Fields of applicationObject tracking (vehicle tracking)Health and safety trackingFuel and speed managementSales order transmissionRoute planningDriver ManagementVehicle diagnostics

Route Planning - Definition

Route Planning serves to arrange different transport orders to tours of a vehicle fleet.

The most known Route Planning problems are:– The Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP)

(only one vehicle!)– the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP)– the Pickup and Delivery Problem (PDP)

Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP)Goal: Find the shortest way of a circular tour (starting point = end point) that is as cost effective as possible that visits a certain amount of customers exactly once.

Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP)The VRP is an extension of the TSP in which various vehicles are available at a depot.The VRP is therefore a combined assignment- and circular tour-problem

Pickup and Delivery Problem (PDP)In PDP, consignments are picked up at one place and transported to their destination.The PDP is an amplified VRP Pick up locations and the destinations have to be in the same tourFull-Truckload PDP

Route PlanningDynamic Route Planning Static Route Planning

New data can get known and already known data can change

All relevant data is known before the planning starts

Timely close decisions are more important than the once more remote in time

Same importance of decisions that are close or remote in time

Only little time for verification, manual correction and implementation of changed route plans

Enough time for the creation, verification and the implementation of route plans

Location-TrackingLocation-tracking helps companies to

streamline and control supply chains

move products to the market faster

monitor assets prevent inventory

loss track vehicle fleets

Companies must consider how to track inventory

in a smaller area across a wide area

Location tracking is not one, single technology.

Local Area & Indoor Tracking– RFID: Small, battery-less microchips is attached to

consumer goods, vehicles, objects to track movements.

Wide Area Tracking– GPS: Signals received from Satellites to track

movements of objects moving great distances.

Tracking Technologies

Tracking Technologies: GPS Tracking

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/19198-satellite-technology-the-global-positioning-system-video.htm

Tracking Technologies: GPS Tracking

Every vehicle must be equipped with a GPS receiver.As the vehicle moves around the world, satellites track the vehicle’s position.Positioning can be requested at anytime.

AdvantagesImprove efficiency & productivityReduce operating costsSpeed up logistics activitiesTransparency of all the transport eventsAutomatical data transfer from the order entry systemOptimal order distribution to the tours (cost-, time and customer optimal)

RefererncesDefinition

– http://www.uni-koblenz.de/~iwi/publicfiles/Arbeitsberichte/Nr28.pdf

Field of Application– http://www.buzzle.com/articles/fleet-manage

ment-a-must-have-tool-for-business.html– http://tu-dresden.de/Members/karsten.peters

/Verkehrslogistik.pdf

Routing Planing– http://ebus.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/www/me

dia/lehre/tm-verkehrstelematik06/vt06-ve09-pdf.pdf

– http://www.informatik.uni-halle.de/ti/forschung/toleranzen/

– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem

GPS Tracking– http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets

/high-tech-gadgets/location-tracking1.htm– Video:

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/19198-satellite-technology-the-global-positioning-system-video.htm

– http://ctsgps.com/

Advantages– http://www.buzzle.com/articles/fleet-manage

ment-a-must-have-tool-for-business.html– http://www.donauschifffahrt.info/uploads/tal

ks_downloads/Innovatives_Verkehrsmanagement_auf_der_Donau_v4_01.pdf

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