Kharazmi University International Journal of Supply and Operations Management 2383-1359 7 2 2020 05 01 Applying Milk-run Method to Optimize Cost of Transport: an Empirical Evidence 178 188 2814 10.22034/IJSOM.2020.2.6 EN Nguyen Minh Faculty of Industrial and Energy Management, Electric Power University, Hanoi, Vietnam Duong Trung Kien Faculty of Industrial and Energy Management, Electric Power University, Hanoi, Vietnam Pham Khac Hau Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd. Journal Article 2020 01 06 Logistics and supply chain play important roles to support enterprises’ operations that aims to satisfy customers’ demands. Moreover, the globalization of the world economy and the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution pushes manufacturers to optimize their operations, particularly transportation and supplying activities. The main objective is to maintain competitive advantages and guarantee the expected benefit. Milk-run, a well-known transportation approach had been adapted successfully in practice, is adopted in this study to simultaneously minimize transportation and inventory costs in a just-in-time production environment. The results of this study show that the milk-run approach helps to reduce transportation and inventory costs for the studied company. The milk-run approach, therefore, is proved to be suitable for companies that operates under just-in-time philosophy. http://www.ijsom.com/article_2814_8e987cf1b2f1f6ffa6a43066798b4b7f.pdf