Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers dairy organisation

Subir Mitra Sr. Manager NDDB, Anand subir@nddb.coop

Darsh Worah Dy. Manager NDDB, Anand dkworah@nddb.coop

Mena Paghadar Dy. Manager NDDB, Anand menap@nddb.coop

Milk procurement system in a typical farmers dairy organisation

Farmers
Milk in vessels

Dairy Co-op Society (DCS)

Milk in cans through vehicles

Dairy plant

Chilling Centre

Through trucks

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Present case study

A typical milk union in Maharashtra

138 pick up points Milk collected in two shifts

Routing is manually planned

Farthest point first

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Vehicle types and their carrying capacity

Tata 407 = 44 cans Mahindra max = 40 cans Minidor = 20 cans Rickshaw = 8 cans * each can of 40 lit capacity.

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Milk procurement transportation from villages

All vehicles - Start from Dairy plant
- Come back to Dairy plant Dairy co-operative Society Source points Dairy Plant Sink point

Volumes change : Summer and Winter Medium sized union 800 source points, 4-6 Chilling
centers/Dairy plants

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Our objective

Efficient transport system

Minimise transportation cost Validating current routes Scope of improvement Quicker planning

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Business constraints
Time Vehicle Capacity Time windows Transportation rate

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Methodology

Data Used: GPS locations of DCS Road Network

Analysis: Vehicle Routing problem using ArcGIS Network Analyst

Optimised Routes: 11 Routes covering 138 DCS

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Pick up points DCS

Dairy plant Vehicle type, Capacity, Max Order count, Max travelling Distance

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Dairy plant and DCS locations

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Existing Routes

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Optimised Routes

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Optimised and Existing routes

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Existing route details

Route Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Vehical type
TATA 407 MAX 207 TATA 407 TATA 407 TATA 407 TATA 407 TATA 407 RIKSHAW Max Mah TATA 407 TATA 207 Max Mah MINI DOR TOTAL

Trip distance (km)

119 91 108 156 114 141 143 24 102 114 100 173 60 1445

Trip cost
657 521 596 874 645 835 847 112 574 612 588 862 358 8080

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Optimised route details

Route Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Vehical type Max Mah Max Mah Max 207 Tata 407 Tata 407 Tata 407 Tata 407 Tata 407 Tata 407 Tata 407 Tata 407 Total Trip distance (km) 145 130 130 83 117 101 62 146 148 149 139 1351 Trip Cost 722 732 744 458 646 566 351 864 876 800 817 7576

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Results

EXISTING ROUTES:
No of Routes : 13 Total length : 1445 km / Shift

OPTIMISED ROUTES:
No of Routes : 11 Total length: 1350 km/shift

Cost of transportation : 0.75 Rs/lit

Annual transportation cost : 59 lakh

Cost of transportation: 0.70 Rs/lit

Annual transportation cost : 55.3 lakh

Annual savings of Rs. 3.7 lakh 6 % savings on annual basis

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Conclusion
GIS Technology for Farmers organisation Initial hand holding and training required Better road network Better optimisation

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation