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In logistics planning and execution, pickup & delivery availability is one of the main causes of unsuccessful execution and contributes to the increase cost of operations. Delivery availability can be categorized as fixed and flexible criteria such as the following

Fixed requirements 

• Business hours (Store/depot)

Flexible requirements  

• Unavailability periods ( Peak operating hours)
• Short availability periods (small pickup/delivery window

With different delivery availability for different receivers, the puzzle's complexity increases significantly and adds to the already complex delivery puzzle which accounts for the resources (driver, vehicle, trailer etc.), distance/duration (location), cost etc.

In DELMIA Quintiq Logistics Planner, the business hours of the store/depot is maintained with the addresses and the availability/ unavailability periods for pickup and delivery is maintained with the shipment orders to further ensure that the requirements are addresses accordingly. The optimizer will plan the pickup/delivery routes while fulfilling all the business requirements and constraints to ensure a feasible route is produced.