1. Milk procurement route optimisation
using GIS in a farmers’ dairy organisation
Subir Mitra
Sr. Manager
NDDB, Anand
Darsh Worah
Dy. Manager
NDDB, Anand
Mena Paghadar
Dy. Manager
NDDB, Anand

2. Milk procurement system in a typical farmers’ dairy organisation
Milk in vessels
Dairy Co-op Society (DCS)
Farmers
Milk in cans
through vehicles
Dairy plant
Chilling Centre
Through trucks
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

3. Present case study 138 pick up points Milk collected in two shifts
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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Our objective… Minimise transportation cost Validating current routes
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

7. Business constraints Time Vehicle Capacity Time windows
Transportation rate
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

8. 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

9. Vehicle type, Capacity, Max Order count, Max travelling Distance
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

10. Dairy plant and DCS locations
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

11. Existing Routes
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

12. Optimised Routes
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

13. Optimised and Existing routes
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

14. Existing route details
Route Name
Vehical type
Trip distance (km)
Trip cost 1
TATA 407
119
657 2
MAX 207 91
521 3
108
596 4
156
874 5
114
645 6
141
835 7
143
847 8
RIKSHAW 24
112 9
Max Mah
102
574 10
612 11
TATA 207
100
588 12
173
862 13
MINI DOR 60
358
TOTAL
1445
8080
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

15. Optimised route details
Route Name
Vehical type
Trip distance (km)
Trip Cost 1
Max Mah
145
722 2
130
732 3
Max 207
744 4
Tata 407 83
458 5
117
646 6
101
566 7 62
351 8
146
864 9
148
876 10
149
800 11
139
817
 Total
1351
7576
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation

16. Results Annual savings of Rs. 3.7 lakh 6 % savings on annual basis
EXISTING ROUTES:
No of Routes : 13
Total length : 1445 km / Shift
Cost of transportation : 0.75 Rs/lit
Annual transportation cost : 59 lakh
OPTIMISED ROUTES:
No of Routes : 11
Total length: 1350 km/shift
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

17. 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

18. Questions? Comments.. Suggestions….
Milk procurement route optimisation using GIS in a farmers' dairy organisation