GIS model

Scenarios

Facility location (FL)

Transportation problem (TP)

Open DCs

Average cost

(Km)

Total cost

(10⁶ Km)

Capabilities

(Kg)

Total cost (10⁶ Km)

1

Allocating the municipality-customers to the existing DC in Poços de Caldas.

A

212

820

3,861,936

820

2

Opening a new DC, before the existing DC in Poços de Caldas.

A, B

121

461

1,930,968

506

3

Opening two new DCs, before the existing DC in Poços de Caldas.

A, B, C

101

383

1,287,312

503

4

Opening three new DCs, before the existing DC in Poços de Caldas.

A, C, D, E

83

315

965,484

402