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<p>For most companies, successful business operation is based on the location at the right place, in the right region, on the right plot. New investments in land, buildings and material handling equipment are carried out for the longer term. As the global business environment in which a company needs to decide on location is becoming more uncertain every day, it is of huge importance to make a thoughtful and ‘future-proof’ decision on the location for a new distribution site. Allocation can also be defined as a process that results in finding a position for a warehouse, company, production, people, things, and activities in a specific area. A newly built distribution site is impossible to be moved in a short period of time, so the decision on where to build a distribution site, warehouse, or manufacturing plant is of vital and strategic importance.</p>
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For most companies, successful business operation is based on the location at the right place, in the right region, on the right plot. New investments in land, buildings and material handling equipment are carried out for the longer term. As the global business environment in which a company needs to decide on location is becoming more uncertain every day, it is of huge importance to make a thoughtful and ‘future-proof’ decision on the location for a new distribution site. Allocation can also be defined as a process that results in finding a position for a warehouse, company, production, people, things, and activities in a specific area. A newly built distribution site is impossible to be moved in a short period of time, so the decision on where to build a distribution site, warehouse, or manufacturing plant is of vital and strategic importance.

Optimal Location of Distribution Site Based on Distance

LOGI – Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics

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For most companies, successful business operation is based on the location at the right place, in the right region, on the right plot. New investments in land,...

Optimal Location of Distribution Site Based on Distance

Publié en ligne: 04 juin 2021

Pages: 90 - 98

Reçu: 21 oct. 2020

Accepté: 09 févr. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2021-0009

Mots clés
Allocation, distribution site, warehouse, location model

© 2021 Jaroslava Kubáňová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Optimal Location of Distribution Site Based on Distance

Publié en ligne: 04 juin 2021

Pages: 90 - 98

Reçu: 21 oct. 2020

Accepté: 09 févr. 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logi-2021-0009

Mots clésAllocation, distribution site, warehouse, location model

© 2021 Jaroslava Kubáňová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Allocation, distribution site, warehouse, location model