A Turnkey, Microcomputer-Based Logistics Planning System

David P. Carlisle, Kenneth S. Nickerson, Stephen B. Probst, Denise Rudolph, Yosef Sheffi and Warren B. Powell
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David P. Carlisle: Temple, Barker & Sloane, 33 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173
Kenneth S. Nickerson: Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305
Stephen B. Probst: Temple, Barker & Sloane, 33 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173
Denise Rudolph: Marshalls, Incorporated, P. O. Box 4034, Wakefield, Massachusetts 01880
Yosef Sheffi: Massachusetts Institute at Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Warren B. Powell: Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

Interfaces, 1987, vol. 17, issue 4, 16-26

Abstract: We describe a microcomputer-based decision support system for logistics planning. The system uses efficient network algorithms to optimize the flow of freight from vendors, through processing centers, to retail store locations. It comprises three different models for determining inbound sourcing, outbound transshipment points, and the location of a set of market service centers. Despite the large size of some of the networks (over 20,000 links) the package offered surprisingly fast execution times even when solving large facility location problems. Overall, the microcomputer environment (IBM PC-AT) offered significantly greater speed (in terms of total turnaround time), flexibility, and ease of use over the corporate mainframe.

Keywords: computers: microcomputers; decision analysis: systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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