Impact of different factors affecting a facility location decision in ship supply services industry

Sirisena, O; Samarasekera, NA

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dc.contributor.author	Sirisena, O
dc.contributor.author	Samarasekera, NA
dc.contributor.editor	Gunaruwan, TL
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-21T09:10:34Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-21T09:10:34Z
dc.date.issued	2018-06
dc.identifier.citation	Sirisena, O., & Samarasekera, N.A. (2018). Impact of different factors affecting a facility location decision in ship supply services industry [Extended Abstract]. In T.L. Gunaruwan (Ed.), Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018 (pp. 39-43). Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/17643
dc.description	It is well-known that the maintenance of an efficient supply chain of vessel spare-parts is vital to the operational activities carried out by a shipping company [1]. The demand for ship spares can arise at any time and can typically be erratic in nature[2]. Since the accuracy of demand forecasts for vessel spares is questionable, inventories must exist to mitigate the irregularities which occur in the supply chain due to differences between capacity and demand, quality issues, and lead time constraints. This is the major contributing factor to a Facility Location Decision (FLD) in Ship Maintenance Supply Chain (SMSC); mainly to proceed in a systematic manner. Inability to provide a required spare part at the right time increases the idle time of the ship resulting in a considerable loss of revenue [3]. Thus, the importance of locating a Distribution Centre (DC) in a suitable locality for the smooth provision of supplies, enabling suppliers to minimise the logistics cost incurred in the outbound supply chain, draws the immense attention of the stakeholders involved in the process. This concept was applied to the local shipping industry during the study, which was carried out in the perspective of the shipping agents concerning the ‘in-transit’ operation of vessel spare parts delivery in Sri Lanka. Even though the concept of facility location applicable to many industries and has been widely studied by researchers for many years, the shipping industry remains unfocused. Hence this study aims to develop a model considering the factors specifically related to the Ship Maintenance Supply Chain enabling its direct usage for industrial practices.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Sri Lanka Society of Transport and Logistics	en_US
dc.subject	Facility location decision (FLD)	en_US
dc.subject	Ship maintenance supply chain (SMSC)	en_US
dc.subject	Model	en_US
dc.subject	Analytical hierarchy process (AHP)	en_US
dc.subject	Vessel spare parts	en_US
dc.subject	Factor rating	en_US
dc.title	Impact of different factors affecting a facility location decision in ship supply services industry	en_US
dc.type	Conference-Extended-Abstract	en_US
dc.identifier.faculty	Engineering	en_US
dc.identifier.department	Department of Transport and Logistics Management	en_US
dc.identifier.year	2018	en_US
dc.identifier.conference	3rd International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018	en_US
dc.identifier.place	Colombo	en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos	pp. 39-43	en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding	Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Research for Transport and Logistics Industry 2018	en_US