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The central warehouse location problem revisited

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Drezner, Z; Scott, C; Song, JS
Published in: IMA Journal of Management Mathematics
January 1, 2003

This paper is concerned with the optimal location of a central warehouse, given a fixed number and the locations of the local warehouses. We investigate whether the solution determined by the traditional model that minimizes total transportation cost differs from the one determined by a model that also takes into account the inventory and service costs. We build simple models to address this question. Numerical results show that ignoring inventory costs in modelling location models may lead to inferior location solutions.

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IMA Journal of Management Mathematics

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1471-678X

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

14

Issue

4

Start / End Page

321 / 336

Related Subject Headings

  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics
 

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Drezner, Z., Scott, C., & Song, J. S. (2003). The central warehouse location problem revisited. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 14(4), 321–336. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/14.4.321
Drezner, Z., C. Scott, and J. S. Song. “The central warehouse location problem revisited.” IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 14, no. 4 (January 1, 2003): 321–36. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/14.4.321.
Drezner Z, Scott C, Song JS. The central warehouse location problem revisited. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 2003 Jan 1;14(4):321–36.
Drezner, Z., et al. “The central warehouse location problem revisited.” IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, vol. 14, no. 4, Jan. 2003, pp. 321–36. Scopus, doi:10.1093/imaman/14.4.321.
Drezner Z, Scott C, Song JS. The central warehouse location problem revisited. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 2003 Jan 1;14(4):321–336.
Journal cover image

Published In

IMA Journal of Management Mathematics

DOI

ISSN

1471-678X

Publication Date

January 1, 2003

Volume

14

Issue

4

Start / End Page

321 / 336

Related Subject Headings

  • 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment
  • 0102 Applied Mathematics