A practical solution to a newspaper distribution problem

✍ Scribed by R.J. Mantel; M. Fontein

• Book ID: 103961755
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 799 KB
• Volume: 30-31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0925-5273
• DOI: 10.1016/0925-5273(93)90124-4

✦ Synopsis

In thts paper the problem of dtstrtbutmg newspapers IS treated. After a general mtroductton on thts topic, a mathemattcal model for a hterarchtcal distributton system 1s grven explicttly and a heurtsttc conststmg of several solutron techniques ts described. Furthermore, some results of the apphcatton of thts heurtsttc m a study performed for a Dutch regtonal newspaper are presented and discussed There is also an mdicdtton as to how the approach could be Improved

The reason management wishes to perform the study reported here is the fact that subopti-ma1 expansion decisions in the past have led to an inefficient distribution system. There is a great need for a decision support tool to evaluate and improve the distribution system. What-if questions to be investigated by such