Chapter 5 - SCM
Chapter 5 - SCM
Chapter 5 - SCM
Subject to:
Models for Designing a Regional Network
Configuration
1. Optimization Model to design a regional network configuration
2. Optimization Model to identify potential sites in a region
3. Optimization Model to design to locate plants and allocate market
demands
Optimization Model to identify potential
sites in a region
Gravity Location Model:
Gravity models assume that both the markets and the supply sources can be located as grid points on a
plane.
All distances are calculated as the geometric distance between two points on the plane.
These models also assume that the transportation cost grows linearly with the quantity shipped.
We discuss a gravity model for locating a single facility that receives raw material from supply sources
and ships finished product to markets.
The basic inputs to the model are as follows: