vrp-backhauls

What problem does it solve?

This Skill addresses the complex challenge of optimizing vehicle routes that involve both deliveries (linehauls) and subsequent pickups (backhauls), ensuring efficient logistics and resource utilization.

Core Features & Use Cases

• VRPB Solvers: Implements both heuristic (Sweep Algorithm with 2-opt) and exact (OR-Tools) methods for solving Vehicle Routing Problems with Backhauls.
• Sequential Constraint Handling: Enforces or relaxes the constraint that all deliveries must be completed before any pickups begin.
• Capacity Management: Manages vehicle capacity for both delivery and pickup demands.
• Visualization: Provides visual output of optimized routes.
• Use Case: A logistics company needs to plan daily routes for its delivery trucks. Each truck starts at a depot, makes several deliveries, and then picks up returned goods from customers on its way back to the depot. This Skill can generate the most efficient sequence of stops for each truck.

Quick Start

Use the vrp-backhauls skill to solve a VRPB problem with the provided coordinates, demands, capacity, and number of vehicles.