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Strategic warehouse location
POM 675
Term Project Report
Strategic Warehouse Location
29 April 2013
Instructor: Prof. Soheil Sibdari
By
Daniel Liman
Nan Song

Strategic Warehouse location 2013
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I. ABSTRACT...................................................................................................................

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II. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 3
III. SEA FREIGHT ROUTE.................................................................................................. 4
III.1. Why sea freight route?........................................................................................... 5
III.2. Major routes in sea freight ....................................................................................

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III.3. Major ports along the routes.................................................................................

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IV. PROSPECTIVE COUNTRY FOR WAREHOUSE NETWORK.........................................................

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IV.1. China.....................................................................................................................

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IV.2. Japan.....................................................................................................................

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IV.3. India......................................................................................................................

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IV.4. USA........................................................................................................................ 17
IV.5. Singapore..............................................................................................................

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V. LITERATURE REVIEW SECTION...................................................................................

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V.1. Scientific approach in warehouse site selection decisions......................................

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V.2. Warehouse


References: analytical hierarchy process methodology”, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Application, 3 (3) (2000), pp international operations – A Delphi study”, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 23 (7) (2003), pp Journal of Operational Research, 157 (2004), pp. 576–591  Thomas Friedman (2006), “The World is Flat”  M.B.M. de Koster, P.M.J. Warffemius, (2005) "American, Asian and third-party international warehouse operations in Europe: A performance comparison", Service Industries Journal, 11 (1) (1991), pp. 1–10  Levitz, J., 2010. FedEx looks to 777s for an edge. The Wall Street Journal, 14 July  K.S. Al-Sultan, M.A. Al-Fawzan, “A tabu search approach to the uncapacitated facility location problem”, Annals of Operations Research, 86 (1999), pp
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