Logistics providers typically own large fleets of transportation vehicles such as rail cars or
trucks. These fleets do not only determine to a large extent the service level the company can
offer but also make up a large part of total costs. Proper management of the fleet is
therefore a crucial factor for these companies. In this book the author presents planning
approaches that address the optimal management of vehicle fleets. Firstly methods for
determining the mixture of vehicle types and the optimal size of a fleet are developed.
Secondly approaches for supporting new service models such as customer segmentation are
derived. Potential readership includes scholars and graduate students who are interested in the
field of fleet planning and practitioners from logistics companies looking for new planning
approaches.
