TNT Express 國際快遞的供應鏈最佳化

2012 Edelman Award 第一名 

考慮三個問題和其使用的作業研究模型 (1) 

TNT Express Routing and Network Scheduling (TRANS): Network optimization

Tactical Planning in Pickup and Delivery (SHORTREC): Vehicle-routing problem

Supply Chain Optimization (DELTA Supply Chain): Mixed-integer programming

結果？ (2) 

"As a result, it achieved over 200 million euros in cost savings from 2008–2011 and reduced CO2 emissions by 283 million kilograms."

(1) Hein Fleuren, Chris Goossens, Marco Hendriks, Marie-Christine Lombard, Ineke Meuffels, and John Poppelaars, Supply Chain–Wide Optimization at TNT Express, Interfaces, January/February 2013, 43:5-20

(2) Stephen C. Graves and R. John Milne, Introduction: 2012 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Interfaces, January/February 2013, 43:1-4 (in pdf)