| Form of studies |
Master |
| Title of the study programm |
Logistics and Supply Chain Management |
| Title in original language |
Aprīkojuma izvietojuma analīze e-komercijas izplatīšanas tīkliem |
| Title in English |
Facility Location Analysis for E-Commerce Distribution Networks |
| Department |
Faculty Of Computer Science Information Tehnology And Energy |
| Scientific advisor |
Arnis Lektauers |
| Reviewer |
Artis Teilāns |
| Abstract |
Facility location planning is one of the most critical and difficult decisions needed to be taken to realize efficient distribution network for an e-commerce company. These decisions can lead to a satisfied customer, especially when dealing with e-commerce business which deals with perishable goods.
In this master thesis, the objective is to research and analyse several traditional facility location methods and software solutions that could be used to locate facilities for e-commerce business. Many regional factors will be reviewed which could affect facility location decision. With the help of these approaches and excel based solver, experiments will be conducted for the case study of BigBasket.com, which is a grocery e-commerce store in India, and the obtained results will be analysed to design an efficient distribution network with four new warehouses and one central distribution centre.
The master thesis contains 70 pages, 36 images, 8 tables, 53 reference sources. |
| Keywords |
FACILITY LOCATION, E-COMMERCE, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK |
| Keywords in English |
FACILITY LOCATION, E-COMMERCE, DISTRIBUTION NETWORK |
| Language |
eng |
| Year |
2017 |
| Date and time of uploading |
07.06.2017 15:19:14 |
