Title :
Study on the Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Distribution Center
Author :
Liu, Lin ; Chen, Na ; Gao, Guolong ; Chen, Jihua
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Environ. Sci. & Eng., Donghua Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
In order to ensure the healthy development of distribution center (DC), it is necessary to constitute the evaluation method. This paper deals with establishing the evaluation method of DC by grey reltional analysis (GRA). Firstly, the parameters of the indices system were selected, such as the rationality of location, the efficiency of space utilization and the level of information et al.. Secondly, qualitative and quantitative data were collected using questionnaires, interviews and measurements from six DCs in Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu Province and Shanghai. Thirdly, the six DCs chose from the three provinces were evaluated according to the indices system. At last, the best DC were determined. It shows that the sustainable development evaluation method based on GRA is simple and has a promising prospect.
Keywords :
distribution strategy; grey systems; Jiangsu Province; Shanghai; Zhejiang Province; distribution center; grey reltional analysis; indices system; space utilization; sustainable development evaluation method; Automation; Costs; Distributed computing; Distributed control; Educational institutions; Logistics; Materials handling; Supply chains; Sustainable development; Textile technology;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Computation Technology and Automation (ICICTA), 2008 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hunan
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3357-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICICTA.2008.29