Distribution Planning

The selection of optimal sites for warehouse location is a strategic decision. We shall now consider the tactical decision of distributing products to retail outlets from a given set of warehouses. The distribution problem is basically [Pg.242]

Consider a distribution planning problem with 3 warehouses and 12 retailers. Tables 5.1 and 5.2 give the supply available at the warehouses and the retailer demands, respectively. [Pg.243]

The unit cost of shipping the product from a given warehouse to each retailer is given in Table 5.3. The problem is to determine the optimal distribution plan that will minimize the total cost. [Pg.243]

The total supply available at the warehouses is 13,000 units, while the total retailer demand is 10,600. Since any warehouse can supply any retailer, it is feasible to meet all the retailer demands with the available supply. To determine the least cost distribution plan, we formulate the following transportation problem [Pg.244]

Decision variables = Amoimt shipped to Retailer i (R from warehouse [Pg.244]

Use an iterative method based on successive linearization of the objective function to determine the optimum distribution plan for the product, DAB. Use an LP code to minimize total cost at each iteration. [Pg.335]

Purchasing Materials Requirements Planning Production Planning Distribution Planning... [Pg.48]

Distribution Planning detailing the requirements for planning transportation and inventory volumes and values addressing the aspect of a global value chain... [Pg.106]

Distribution planning covers transportation and inventory planning in the global value chain network from a company perspective. Distribution planning has to balance volumes and flows in and between the respective sales, production, distribution and procurement locations. Significant lead... [Pg.114]

Distribution planning including transports and inventories are also investigated in the context of production-distribution systems providing methods for material balances or inventory calculations... [Pg.132]

Distribution planning described in subchapter 5.5 handles multi-period transportation time and transit inventories as global material flow planning. Moreover, static and dynamic inventory planning is supported. [Pg.136]

Distribution planning covers transportation and inventory planning within the network, as well as the material balance calculation between sales, production and procurement. Global transportation planning considers the lead times between continents resulting in transit inventories differentiation of sent and received transportation quantities as shown in the requirements in section 4.1.5. Inventories are managed at the defined transfer point locations either with static or dynamic boundaries. [Pg.172]

In the following, the production quantity x and secondary demand quantity xp cdem of production as part of distribution planning is introduced that will be later presented in more detail in subchapter 5.6. The production output quantity by product and location is equal to distribution demand of the product and production location. [Pg.186]

The procurement quantity here being part of distribution planning is presented in more detail in the procurement planning part in subchapter 5.7. Some distribution indicators are determined in addition to the decision variables as further decision support for the planner. [Pg.187]

Jang Y, Jang S, Chang B, Park J (2002) A combined model of network design and production/distribution planning for a supply network. Computers Industrial Engineering 43 (1-2) 263-281... [Pg.268]

Also, the optimization and planning of crude allocations in Mobil s worldwide refinery system is the principal objective of Mobil s supply and distribution planning group. Overall corporate profits can be maximized by proper crude allocations to the various refineries. Similar to the refinery LPs, the reformer representation in the crude supply and distribution LP was improved. Table XX gives an example of how sensitive reformer operation can depend on the type of naphtha reformed. A significant improvement in performance and octane potential results from processing a naphthenic stock compared to a paraffinic stock. This improved performance must be balanced against differences in crude cost. [Pg.262]

Aikens CH (1985) Facility location models for distribution planning. European Journal of Operational Research 22 263-279... [Pg.209]

The objective of order and demand management is to forecast future sales as precisely as possible, manage customer orders from entry to delivery, and consolidate forecast and orders with supply chain inventory requirements in order to generate a holistic demand plan for purchasing, production, and distribution planning. [Pg.286]

The team must also do a complete value chain analysis showing the suppliers, distributors, customers, end-users of the product, and where the organization will position itself in the industry. Furthermore, our position relative to competitive products must be established and analyzed. The team must also establish a basis of pricing the product, as well as the price itself The market plan should also include when the product introduction will occur, if there are plans to commercialize with a partner, what the sales force requirements will be, and a distribution plan for the product. [Pg.332]

ROLE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN POINT OF DISTRIBUTION PLANS... [Pg.593]

Public health nurses will often be asked to participate in the implementation of local point of distribution (POD) plans. Point of distribution plans are activated (primarily under the direction of the local county medical director) when large numbers of the population will require vaccination or treatment within a short span of time (for... [Pg.593]

Service distribution plan and availability Additional service tools identified and defined... [Pg.331]

Ross DR. Distribution Planning and Control. Chapman Hall Materials Management/Logistics Series. 1995. [Pg.321]

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