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Pplication of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Routing For Delivery of Fresh Vegetables PDF
Pplication of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Routing For Delivery of Fresh Vegetables PDF
INTRODUCTION
2.
Objectives
The main aim of this study is applying GIS technology in
determining the suitable routs based on the shortest distance
A.
B. Problem Stetement
Because of the traffic condition in recent years and the
perishable nature of fresh food such as vegetables, selecting the
optimal routes for reducing the travel distance would help to
preserve the nutritional value of vegetables as in [2].
Preserving the nutritional value leads to have a better cost
effective result and finally will affect the total distribution cost
as in [6]. Here also have to be mention about the price of petrol
which is increasing every day, and brings more attention to this
factor, especially the private sector that is interested in
determining which route is the best in saving time and cost. For
the Sime Fresh Company the study case in this research
reducing the distribution cost based on the total distance
travelled by vehicle is important factor.
I.
1.
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INPUT
LITERATURE REVIEW
Collection, Input
and correction
Storage and
Retrieval
Manipulation
and Analysis
Output and
Reporting
Data Base
Manageme
nt
System
OUTPUT
Figure 1. Conceptual design of GIS
Fig 1, considers about the data input and the data output in
GIS. After inputting and collecting the non-spatial data, it will
be stored in attributes table in ArcView GIS software. With the
combination of the road network layer as a spatial data and the
non-spatial data which can be retrieval later, the data will be
analyzed and the result is the output of the alternative scenarios
for solving the problem by using the DSS tool.
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C. Equations
One of the main objectives of this research is to minimize
the distance during distribution of fresh vegetables.
Min= Length of distance
TABLE 1.
No.
III.
Travel Expense:
METHODOLOGY
Base Map
1
A. Location of Study
The study area for this research is a place for producing
fresh vegetables. The name of the place is Sime Aerogreen
Technology Sdn Bhd, which is located in SEREMBAN, Negeri
Sembilan, Malaysia.
Mileage
Road Network
The
specific
travel
distance
between
the
certain places
Market location
Drive time
The market for the
specific location
1- Carrefour
TABLE 2.
West Malaysia
No.
SPATIAL DATA
Feature
Road Network
Line
Polygon
Market Location
Point
Sources
Navi &
Map SDN
BHD
Navi &
Map SDN
BHD
Navi &
Map SDN
BHD
B. Data
According to the research objectives and requirement for
this thesis, the data that must be collected for selecting the
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Distance
Total
Distribution
Cost
Fuel
Consu
mption
Price
Total
Liter
IV.
CONCLUSIONS
The brown bold color is the best routes from the boundary
gate of Kuala Lumpur entering to the city which is placed the
main point of producing fresh vegetables to the Carrefour
number 2 and 3 the selected hypermarkets in this study.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Dr.
Rosmadi Fauzi and Dr. Rusnah Muhamad, my Supervisors,
for their constructive comments, through this research.
REFERENCES
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[2]
[3]
[6]
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