DocumentCode
3455169
Title
Inventory and the Location of Distribution Centers
Author
Zhang Yanxia ; Huo Jiazhen ; Zhang Jianjun
Author_Institution
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Tongji Univ., Shanghai
fYear
2008
fDate
12-14 Oct. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
In the research of distribution center (DC) location problem, customer demand usually considered as constantly and be ignored. Actually, customer demand is uncertainty, so the stock cost can´t be looked as constant and be neglected from distribution center location model. This paper use queue theory to research how to integrate the inventory cost in DC location model and some useful conclusion had been presented.
Keywords
customer satisfaction; customer services; inventory management; queueing theory; customer demand; distribution center location problem; inventory cost; queue theory; stock cost; Costs; Distributed control; Gaussian distribution; Inventory management; Logistics; Product safety; Production; Queueing analysis; Transportation; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dalian
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2108-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WiCom.2008.1624
Filename
4679532
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