In traditional Operations Research(OR),operations are often rated and optimized upon a small set of parameters only–
sometimes only one single parameter.This results however in non-optimal system behaviour. Consider the example of
empty-kilometer minimization.This optimization often results in trucks standing still,waiting for a next order (preferably
with a starting point equal to the place of waiting).Trucks do not anticipate on the next order (in a more fruitful region).
Often waiting time does cost money as well – the driver needs to be paid and the truck could have been utilized for other
purposes. Reviewing single optimization parameters can hardly be seen separate from other indicators, as the following
indicates: Let us consider an LSP that has a truck driving around with only one small package –so,it uses only 5% of its
carriage capacity–utilizing a very inefficient route,with lots of detours. It is however not driving around empty–so from
an empty-miles perspective this truck operates very effective. Although we do realize that the truck could have carried more
cargo,and the route it took could have been more efficient.However,we do not know yet whether the customer is actually
paying for this trip –because if so,no LSP would mind to have a truck driving around via an inefficient route,with only
little cargo as long as the customer is paying a good price.