Purpose: Integration of various logistical components in supply chain, such as transportation, inventory control and facility location are becoming common practice to avoid suboptimization in nowadays' competitive environment. The integration of transportation and inventory decisions is known as...

This article introduces a new variant of the inventory routing problem related to real-world businesses. Specifically, in the beverage industry, business customers such as restaurants and bars, demand consistent delivery times, have different opening times and delivery time windows, and...