An Animal Transfer Logistics Support Tool

Abstract

To support shelter animal logistics managers, an animal transfer logistics support tool was developed. The tool is composed of two components: 1) a shelter animal allocator and 2) a multi-pickup delivery route scheduler. Together they serve to identify and recommend potential transfer partners for both sending and receiving shelters and to schedule optimal routes for a multi-pickup and delivery transfer vehicle. The tool is still under development, but the current version is freely available online: shelter-logistics-92bc55bb5399.herokuapp.com.