An Operational Planning Model to Support First Mile Logistics for Small Fresh-Produce Growers

Álvaro M. Majluf-Manzur; Rosa Guadalupe González; Raimundo A. Velasco-Paredes; J. Rene Villalobos

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-76310-7_17

An Operational Planning Model to Support First Mile Logistics for Small Fresh-Produce Growers

Álvaro M. Majluf-Manzur, Rosa Guadalupe González^*, Raimundo A. Velasco-Paredes, J. Rene Villalobos

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Abstract

In this work, we propose a hierarchical optimization model to support harvest and local routing decisions of fresh agricultural products. The proposed model has been motivated by the fact that small growers of fresh produce very often face difficulties in terms of availability of local (or first-mile) logistics at reasonable prices which results in lower profit margins and more food waste. So, in order to reduce the cost of first-mile logistics they can co-ordinate the consolidation of the harvests from different growers to send their products to the packing facility. Hence, we integrate harvesting and routing operations for a set of small growers with the aim to reduce their operational costs. The proposed framework has been implemented and preliminary evaluated with some instances considering as case study farmers of fresh produce in the central region of Chile.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Production Research - 10th International Conference of Production Research - Americas, ICPR-Americas 2020, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Daniel Alejandro Rossit, Fernando Tohmé, Gonzalo Mejía Delgadillo
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	205-219
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783030763091
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76310-7_17
State	Published - 2021
Event	10th International Conference of Production Research - Americas, ICPR-Americas 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: 9 Dec 2020 → 11 Dec 2020

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Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1408 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

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Conference	10th International Conference of Production Research - Americas, ICPR-Americas 2020
City	Virtual, Online
Period	9/12/20 → 11/12/20

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Keywords

First mile logistics
Harvesting and distribution planning
Small fresh-produce growers

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Majluf-Manzur, Á. M., González, R. G., Velasco-Paredes, R. A., & Villalobos, J. R. (2021). An Operational Planning Model to Support First Mile Logistics for Small Fresh-Produce Growers. In D. A. Rossit, F. Tohmé, & G. Mejía Delgadillo (Eds.), Production Research - 10th International Conference of Production Research - Americas, ICPR-Americas 2020, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 205-219). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1408 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76310-7_17

Majluf-Manzur, Álvaro M. ; González, Rosa Guadalupe ; Velasco-Paredes, Raimundo A. et al. / An Operational Planning Model to Support First Mile Logistics for Small Fresh-Produce Growers. Production Research - 10th International Conference of Production Research - Americas, ICPR-Americas 2020, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Daniel Alejandro Rossit ; Fernando Tohmé ; Gonzalo Mejía Delgadillo. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 205-219 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Majluf-Manzur, ÁM, González, RG, Velasco-Paredes, RA & Villalobos, JR 2021, An Operational Planning Model to Support First Mile Logistics for Small Fresh-Produce Growers. in DA Rossit, F Tohmé & G Mejía Delgadillo (eds), Production Research - 10th International Conference of Production Research - Americas, ICPR-Americas 2020, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1408 CCIS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 205-219, 10th International Conference of Production Research - Americas, ICPR-Americas 2020, Virtual, Online, 9/12/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76310-7_17

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