Developing an optimal solution for meat transporting network among production, cold storage, and consumption points of Fars province, Iran

Subject Areas : Agroecology Journal

Reza Shahedi ¹ (Scientific Board of Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch)
Hamid Mohammadi ² (Scientific Board of Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch)
Majid Rahimi ³ (Scientific Board of Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch)
Siyamak Pishbin ⁴ (Scientific Board of Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch)

Received: 2007-07-01 Accepted : 2007-08-19 Published : 2007-08-23

Keywords: Transportation, meat, Fars province, optimal solution, Cold Storage,

Abstract :

Meat cold storages of  Fars province including Lar, Shiraz, Marvdasht, and Kazeroun are supported by Eqlid, Shiraz, Tehran, Kazeroun, and Marvdasht districts and their commodities is distributed in Lar, Jahrom, Marvdasht, Shiraz, Fasa, Kazeroun, and Darab lingo 10 software were used to obtain optimal pattern of meat transportation network. In current pattern, the total cost of transportation through two transporting networks equals to 1181 million rials, while in optimal solution it reduced to 940.1 million rials, i.e., using the optimal solution  can result in a saving of 20.4 percent. Transportation paths to Kazeroun to Shiraz, Kazeroun to Lar, and Kazeroun to Fasa couldn’t get a priority to contribute to transportation, thus two nearly optimal solutions, considering a 5% deviation (incrementin cost) from optimal point, were developed. Nearly optimal solutions were obtained by some changes occurred in transportation path from production to storage points. The first nearly optimal solution was obtained by change in the transportation paths of  Kazeroun and Lar storages and the second one was obtained by change in the transportation path to Shiraz and Kazeroun storages.

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