Siting Your Distribution Centers

Yes, of course: siting.

If you live in the USA or France you have access to tons of information. The government, the industry and even the customers conduct studies on logystics.

I made alone a whole project of investment (the study) for a Logystical Activities Area. By one year I tried to did it by the book, but the lack of information of this pathetic underdeveloped country (Uruguay) threw me back. The final solution was a small complex of small warehouses. The average warehouse was 1000 square meters. The total area covered by the complex was 22 acres. That is a quarter of the adviced area for an enterprise of that kind.

My experienced advice for a newcomer: Keep it small, keep it scalable. It is absolutely impossible to manage the uncertainties in the design, so you have to minimize the risk by minimizing the investment.