An internet-based logistics management system for enterprise chainsN。 Prindezis， C。T。 KiranoudisSchool of Chemical Engineering， National Technical University, 15780 Athens, GreeceReceived 13 September 2024； received in revised form 20 December 2024; accepted 27 January 2024Available online 10 December 2024AbstractThis paper presents an Internet-Based Logistics Management System to coordinate and disseminate tasks and related information for solving the heterogeneous vehicle routing problem using appropriate metaheuristic techniques ， for use in enterprise chain net works 。 Its architecture involves a JAVA Web applet equipped with interactive communication capabilities between peripheral software tools 。 The system was developed in distributed software fashion technology for all computer platforms utilizing a Webbrowser， focusing on the detailed road network of Athens and the needs of the Athens Central Food Market enterprises. 2024 Elsevier Ltd。 All rights reserved.Keywords ： Decision support system; e—Logistics ； Transportation; Vehicle routing problem1. IntroductionEnterprise chains are the business model of the present and future regarding markets that involve small and medium company sizes. Clearly, grouping activities towards a focused target facilitates an understandably improved market penetration guaranteed by a successful trade mark of a leading company in the field。 Several collaboration models that basically include franchising are introduced as a part of this integrated process。 When such a network is introduced in order to exploit a commercial idea or business initiative and subsequently expanded as market penetration grows， several management issues arise regarding the operations of the entire network...
