Solution: Facility Location

Client: A leading online marketplace for collectible card games.

The Challenge

The company started its operations with a single logistics center in a major city of United States.

With growing demand in several other regions across the country, the company recognized the need to establish one or two additional distribution centers.

The challenge was deciding where to set up these new operations and determining the processing capacity for each.

The Objective

To define the location and capacity of new facilities, aiming to minimize customer delivery times while considering various costs, such as transportation, labor, and rent.

The Solution

We developed an artificial intelligence solution based on simulation and mathematical optimization. This solution analyzes all viable scenarios and identifies those that best meet the company's needs.

Results

We provide support for strategic decisions that are securely grounded in data, clearly showing the impacts and benefits of each optimized scenario.