Network Flashcards

1
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Define location decisions

A
  • strategic decisions
  • mostly adding new facilities
  • different criterea have to be considered
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2
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What are the implications of bad location decisions?

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  • high transportation costs
  • lack of appropriately skilled labor
  • lack of resources
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3
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how are locations selected?

A
  • multiple feasable locations are identified

- choice is made between them

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4
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What kind of facilities do most firms have?

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  • Production facilities
  • Central warehouses
  • Distribution warehouses

“Connected” via truck transport

Final transport to customer =less than truck load

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5
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how can a location be determined? (2)

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  • Center of gravity

- Steiner-Weber-Problem

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6
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What is the major goal of location planning?

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minimize total costs

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7
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In a linear programm what does 1 and 0 mean in regards to location?

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0 –> location does NOT deliver to customer x

1 –> location DOES deliver to customer x

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8
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What is the transportation problem?

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determining which customer gets what amount form which location

  • location & customers are fixed
  • customers have demand
  • locations have capacity
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9
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How can the transportation problem be solved?

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  • Linear program with Excel solver

- simple heuristics like Column minima method

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10
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What is important about a heuristic?

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it does not necissarily find the optimal solution

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11
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How do you solve a p-median problem?

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a small set of p locations should

be chosen out of a larger set of possible location

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12
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What trends are there in supply chain?

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  • digitalization
  • rethinking outsourcing
  • use of AI, big data, analytics
  • Sustainability
  • Circular supply chains
  • Tracking
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13
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define Tracking

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RFIDs are read using a tag reader

-allows real time information

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14
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what is active / passive tracking?

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active = needs battery

passive =no battery (energy of scanner used)

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