A five-DC distribution network case study — a worked center-of-gravity relocation calculation, a territory-overlap facility-count review, and a before/after comparison of total logistics cost and average delivery lead time.
The project brief: a distributor's five regional DCs grew one at a time over a decade, sited wherever warehouse space was available rather than by any location-optimization study, leaving one facility absorbing three overreach territories at distances of 300 to 450+ miles. This module runs the actual network audit, the center-of-gravity relocation math, and the resulting five-to-three facility consolidation the way a real supply-chain engineer would.
A fully worked center-of-gravity calculation — real coordinates, real demand weights, a specific relocated site, and an honest look at which territories improved and which one didn't — a separate territory-overlap review justifying the facility-count reduction, and the resulting total-logistics-cost and delivery-lead-time comparison are all part of the unlocked module below.