Twenty Years of Strategic Distribution System Design: An Evolutionary Perspective

Arthur M. Geoffrion and Richard F. Powers
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Arthur M. Geoffrion: Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095
Richard F. Powers: INSIGHT, Inc., PO Box 1609, Bend, Oregon 97702

Interfaces, 1995, vol. 25, issue 5, 105-127

Abstract: Using optimization to design distribution systems became technically feasible a little more than two decades ago, and developments have occurred at a rapid rate ever since. These developments can be understood in terms of six evolutionary processes. Four are core: evolution of algorithms, data development tools, model features and software capabilities, and how companies actually use software for designing distribution systems. The other two are environmental: evolution of logistics as a corporate function and of computer and communications technology.

Keywords: programming: integer; applications; information systems: decision support systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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