Identifying Warehouse Location: A Case Study of an e-Commerce Firm
Abstract:The purpose of this study is to identify a central warehouse location of an e-commerce firm in Thailand by considering the lowest parcel transportation cost. Shipment and location data of all warehouse spokes were used for calculation with two methods: center of gravity and load distance. It was found that the location identified with load distance method had the lowest transportation cost, 17.86% lower than that of existing location.
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