Inventory-routing problems (IRP) combine inventory control and vehicle routing, effectively optimizing inventory and replenishment decisions over several periods at a centralized level. In this paper we provide an exact formulation which includes several well-known valid inequalities for some...

The distribution of products using compartmentalized vehicles involves many decisions such as the allocation of products to vehicle compartments, vehicle routing and inventory control. These decisions often span several periods, yielding a difficult optimization problem. In this paper we define...