Explainer Video
Warehouse Selection: A Case Study on Network Optimization
How Your Network is Affected by Warehouse Selection?
In this video, an auto repair parts company creates multiple scenarios involving partners and warehouses. This includes a true greenfield test to find optimal locations without relying on center of gravity or other approximations. They were able to select a better warehouse solution, optimized for two-day service time.
Warehouse Selection allows users to foresee how additions might affect overall costs. Watch this quick study to see how the company:
- Met the majority of demand and reduced services times to two days
- Removed duplicate processes and consolidated eight facilities into four
- Could create a scenario that saved over $470 million