Sales Region Assignment Screen
Peter L. Jackson, John A. Muckstadt
School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
Cornell University
Sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation Synthesis Coalition for Engineering Education.
Sales Region Assignment Screen
The Warehouse Location Program is analysis software for redesigning the national distribution system of the Llenroc Plastics company. The goal is to locate warehouses, plan trucking routes and inventory levels to cost effectively provide good customer service.
Routing and scheduling
Inventory planning
None. Game has been played by senior engineering students, and M.B.A. students.
The exercise is designed to be run as a homework assignment. It is used in conjunction with the Llenroc Plastics series of cases.
A brief description of the game setup is required. The help file will be extensive in the finished version. The assignment is described in the Llenroc Plastics manual (available separately).
Microsoft Windows 3.1
Public domain. Modify exercise as you wish. Source code is proprietary.
The first version of this software failed badly: too many bugs. However, student reviews of the original spreadsheet version of the game were enthusiastic. The evaluation version available at this Web site still has problems. See Files. A robust version has been developed and tested. It is distributed to participants in the Workshop on Experiential Learning in Manufacturing System Design.
