Content：Introduction to Logistics Network Configuration; Data Collection; Model and Data Validation; Solution Techniques; Key Features of a Network Configuration.
Emphasis🧑🏽🍳：Data Collection; solution Techniques.
Objectives🙀：Help students know:1) the logistics network consists of: Network configuration may involve issues relating to plant, warehouse, and retailer location; Determining the appropriate number of warehouses; Determining the location of each warehouse; Determining the size of each warehouse; Allocating space for products in each warehouse; Determining which products customers will receive from each warehouse. 2) What kinds of data need to be collected? How to collect them?
Hours🍝：4
Case study：the Bis Corporation Distribution
Homework： Read the papers in relation to this field in various Journals（2000-2013）.
International of Production Economics
Supply Chain Management-An International Journal
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
Computer and Industrial Engineering
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
2. Read and compare the methods of the logistics network configuratio
