Cost Saving in Transportation of Various Construction Materials by Using Operational Research Method
| Author(s) | : | Deep Chetanbhai Patel, JayrajVinodsinh Solanki |
| Institution | : | M. tech Student Civil(CEM), U.V. Patel College of Engineering, Kherva, Mehsana, Gujarat, India |
| Published In | : | Vol. 4, Issue 4 — April 2017 |
| Page No. | : | 1019-1028 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
The transportation method is an important method of the linear programming problem. In India, theconstruction industry is the second largest industry where various construction materials are being used. This industrywants a solution for transportation problems with inventory control, managing of fund, and resolving disputes ofscheduling production over different time periods for construction materials by using the transportation model. In thispaper, the research has been done on three different construction materials (Brick, Cement and Steel). There are twomain objectives behind this study. (1) To reduce the cost of transportation &maximize the profit by giving low ratematerials to the end users(customers) in this competitive world. (2) To make optimal transportation schedule of materialswhich helps to minimize transportation cost. The data of three different construction materials have been collected over a6-month period.The data analysis has been done by Excel Solver which solves transportation model and reduce thetransportation cost of these materials.After the analysis concluded that the ultimate transportation cost saving of Bricks,Cement and Steel is 4.55%, 39.6% and 20.9% respectively
Deep Chetanbhai Patel, JayrajVinodsinh Solanki, “Cost Saving in Transportation of Various Construction Materials by Using Operational Research Method”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 1019-1028, April 2017.
