HERRAMIENTAS PARA LA MEJORA DE LA EFICIENCIA EN LA DISTRIBUCIÓN DE CONCENTRADOS

Abstract

Feed cost has the greatest impact on the financial viability of dairy farms. Consequently, there are two ways to reduce this cost, to reduce consumption or to decrease the purchase cost. Therefore, the purchase cost can be reduced fundamentally by two ways, the reduction of purchase price of the raw materials and the reduction of the costs of distribution. In this work we will focus on this last aspect. At this study we expect to make an analysis of the implementation impact of decision support tools on the distribution cost of feed. We will focus the study on the use of techniques widely tested in the field of operational research, but with reduced implementation in the distribution of feed. We will also study the incidence of aspects such as number of routes, flexibility in delivery dates and the time invested in routes in the validity of the results obtained.