• 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