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- Title
AN APPLICATION OF GOAL PROGRAMMING TO RESOLVE SITE LOCATION PROBLEM.
- Authors
Schniederjans, Marc J.; Kwak, N. K.; Helmer, Mark C.
- Abstract
The article illustrates the use of a goal-programming model to resolve making a terminal site location problem. A comprehensive facility location analysis is usually required and consists of three separate stages. The first stage involves a preliminary survey to see if a change in the location of the current facilities is warranted by shifts in market demand. The second stage of the analysis seeks to determine a broad region within the trucking firm's service area in which to locate. Once the region is determined, the third stage of the analysis involves the selection of a specific site within the selected region. This stage usually requires a comparative analysis of specific site locations on the basis of dozens of criterion factors. The most dominant criterion factors are referred to as objective factors. The results in this article are based on a consulting job performed for the operations manager of the liquid food division of the Truck Transport Inc. of East St. Louis, Illinois. The model is formulated, examined and analyzed based on the information provided by the liquid food division's operations manager.
- Subjects
FACILITY management; LOCATION analysis; MATHEMATICAL models; TRUCK Transport Inc.; EXECUTIVES; OPERATIONS research
- Publication
Interfaces, 1982, Vol 12, Issue 3, p65
- ISSN
0092-2102
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/inte.12.3.65