Abstract :

Due to the growth of the Internet economy, the popularity of online shopping has escalated in recent years. One of the largest e-commerce enterprises in Indonesia, PT. S, is the subject of the research in this article. Instead of typical e-commerce, where anybody may start a store, PT. S is concentrating on social commerce, which makes use of several resellers to offer hand-picked SME brand partners. PT. S must expand the market for inter-island or non-java-to-non-java transactions to fulfill its vision. However, PT. S will have logistical difficulty completing this job. The business used performance indicators to keep track of the logistics process’ vision and mission. Gross merchandise value, pickup time service level, and shipping time service level are a few of the performance indicators that pertain to logistics. The process of managing the supply chain will become more complex as a result of the opening of the new warehouse, and the business will need to maximize its use of various selling channels, logistical services, and supply chain management. With the aid of clustering analysis, which assesses demand similarity and proximity, the enterprise can locate a new warehouse. Durairaj and Kasinathan developed the framework template for this study in 2015. Based on the case study, literature review, and clustering method framework, the framework will be modified in several ways, particularly clustering analysis. The alteration concerns framework-integrated theories as an input and as a data source. According to the simulation’s findings, shipping costs per kilogram decreased by about 35% for five clusters. But if the corporation does not have a problem with the number of warehouses, according to the simulation’s findings, because the cost of transportation will go down as the number of clusters increases, the number of warehouses can be expanded to more than five.

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Keywords :

Clustering analysis, E-Commerce, Logistics, Optimization, Warehouse location.

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