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Allocation of Bulk Tanks to Customer Sites – VT09-AIRL

Sponsor:

American Air Liquide

Research Team:

Kimberly Ellis

Universities Involved:

Virginia Tech

Start Date:

01/19/09

End Date:

01/18/10

Summary:

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the preferred size of tanks to allocate to customer sites (and also at production facilities and intermediate distribution centers) with the objective of minimizing distribution costs and investment costs in tanks.