Designing a Rice Logistics Distribution System in West Java

Rice is still a major source of carbohydrates in the food consumption pattern in Indonesia. Availability of rice in Indonesia faces the challenges on the production side due to the production cycle following the water cycle while consumption remained relatively unchanged by time. This study aims to map the structure of production, consumption, and distribution in West Java and built a computational platform that can provide strategic decision in rice distribution. The decision covers: calculate the potential supply and demand in each Bulog´s warehouse, determine which warehouse that need to be extended, determine the amount of import needs, and determine the optimum rice distribution route between warehouses.