Accessing and Distributing Petroleum Products in E-Commerce Environment
Liangfang Li, Akyene Tetteh, Qi Xu
Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · pp. 1–10 · Published 31 Aug 2015
10.9734/BJEMT/2015/20211Abstract
The e-commerce environment is changing the dynamics of doing business rapidly but very often transportation problems hinder customer satisfaction. This paper seeks to minimize the cost of accessing and distributing petroleum products in e-commerce environment. Applying 0-1 mixed integer linear programming (0-1 MILP) model to model the statement of problem: the simulation results suggested that increase in petroleum product demand increases total cost of operations and it can be minimize by reducing the cost of distance covered to access and distribute products. Besides a well-integrated activity of vehicles used for accessing and distributing scheduling planning into e-commerce pace of executing business may improve customers’ satisfaction.
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