ANALYZING GEOGRAPHICALLY DISCRETE WAREHOUSING NETWORKS BY COMPUTER SIMULATION

This paper describes a comprehensive simulation modeling approach to the problem of locating warehousing facilities in a fashion that minimizes the cost associated with operating a multi‐product, multi‐source, multi‐destination distribution system. The digital simulation model presented in the study...

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Veröffentlicht in:Decision sciences 1973-04, Vol.4 (2), p.216-236
1. Verfasser: Markland, Robert E.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper describes a comprehensive simulation modeling approach to the problem of locating warehousing facilities in a fashion that minimizes the cost associated with operating a multi‐product, multi‐source, multi‐destination distribution system. The digital simulation model presented in the study is derived within an “industrial dynamics” framework, utilizes input from an existing management information system, and employs a number of relatively simple heuristic procedures to analyze various alternative warehousing networks. Simulation results, in terms of the distribution costs associated with various warehouse locations, are presented for cases involving the effect of provision of a 100% service level, the effect of constraining product availability and/or inventory capacities at various warehouses, and the effect of deleting various warehouses from the existing warehouse network.
ISSN:0011-7315
1540-5915
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-5915.1973.tb00986.x