Article ID: | iaor201527061 |
Volume: | 62 |
Issue: | 6 |
Start Page Number: | 169 |
End Page Number: | 176 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
Authors: | Batta Rajan, Nagi Rakesh, Wang Qian, Huang Simin |
Keywords: | combinatorial optimization, networks, supply & supply chains, queues: applications, markov processes |
In this paper we present an integrated model for site selection and space determination for warehouses in a two‐stage network in which products are shipped from part suppliers to warehouses, where they are stored for an uncertain length of time and then delivered to assembly plants. The objective is to minimize the total inbound and outbound transportation costs and the total warehouse operation costs, which include the fixed costs related to their locations and the variable costs related to their space requirements for given service levels. Each warehouse is modeled as an