Decision Sciences Journal
Volume 29, Number 3
Summer 1998
An Efficient Heuristic Procedure for Practical-Sized Capacitated
Warehouse Design and Management
Vaidyanathan Jayaraman
College of Business and Economics, Washington State University,
Vancouver, WA 98686-9600, email: jayarama@vancouver.wsu.edu
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to refine and
test a distribution system design model and evaluate its performance
with respect to solution quality, model validation, and algorithm
performance. The paper reports on the development of a multiproduct
warehouse logistics model. The logistics model is used to predict
the performance of distribution companies that typically have
to deal with product costs, the cost to distribute the products
from a set of warehouses to customer outlets, the level of service
provided to its customers, and flexibility for each product group
and market segment.
Subject Areas: Distribution/Supply Chain Management
and Mixed Integer Program. |