3. 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.
4. Fields Of Application
Object tracking (vehicle tracking)
Health and safety tracking
Fuel and speed management
Sales order transmission
Route planning
Driver Management
Vehicle diagnostics
5. Route Planning
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)
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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 tour
Full-Truckload PDP
9. Route Planning
DYNAMIC 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
10. Location-Tracking
Location-tracking helps companies to
streamline and control supply chains
move products to the market faster
monitor assets
prevent inventory loss
track vehicle fleets
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.
11. 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.
12. Advantages
Improve efficiency & productivity
Reduce operating costs
Speed up logistics activities
Transparency of all the transport events
Automatic data transfer from the order entry system
Optimal order distribution to the tours
(cost-, time and customer optimal)
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Plus the pick up location has to be visited before the destination
Full-Truckload PDP:
When using Full-Truckload PDP it is necessary to drive after the loading of a consignment directly to the destination because no more consignments can be loaded.
The pickup place & the destination are combined.