Optimalisatie van het toekennen van artikelen aan een distributiestroom in de retail industrie

Optimalisatie van het toekennen van artikelen aan een distributiestroom in de retail industrie

Labrujere, E.T.

Veeke, H.P.M. (mentor)
Lodewijks, G. (mentor)

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Marine & Transport Technology

2015-04-16

National organization of Dutch supermarkets Coop, can realize big savings by allocating products of their current portfolio to the most cost optimal distribution system. In this paper a model is described that provides insight in the costs per product. Also it compares the costs per distribution system, in order give a advice for the most cost optimal distribution system. The costs per individual product in the total supply chain are defined as a combination of the purchase price and the logistic costs. It turns out that the differences in purchase prices that the suppliers enquire per distribution system are most defining for the allocation of products to distribution system. When optimizing the allocation of the current portfolio, it becomes apparent that a reallocation of XX products saves around €XX million euro on an annual base. By taking into account the principles of the game theory, the cluster to which a product belongs turns out to be a big influence when determining the costs. In other words, the costs of a product in a cluster are affected by the costs of the other products in that cluster. Coop can realize savings in the purchase costs by relocating products to their most optimal distribution system, and taking the cluster of the product into account.

supply chain
distribution system
cost reduction
Delft System Approach
Game Theory
Retail

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:71895ede-8077-4f71-ab39-ce227aa42170

2018-12-31

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2015 Labrujere, E.T.