To effectively manage large industrial companies, decision-making regarding the location of distribution warehouses are particularly important. Locating distribution warehouses is a multi-criteria problem in which the decision-making process is influenced by several quantitative and qualitative criteria. Among the methods proposed to aid location selection, the UTASTAR method is shown to be suitable for clarifying the decision-making process. This method determines single utility functions for each alternative location considered. This aids in the evaluation and comparison of alternative location options based on the preferences of the decision makers expressed in terms of multiple criteria. UTASTAR results enable managers and decision makers to rank the identified options and thereby justify the most suitable option to select as the preferred warehouse location. This research shows the effective application of the UTASTAR method in a case study relating to the selection by the Damghan Steel Company (Iran), from several alternatives, of the best location to construct its central warehouse. The approach proposed offers a new perspective to the problem of warehouse location selection by calculating single utility functions that meaningfully represent the relative values of alternative warehouse locations from a decision makers perspective.

为了有效地管理大型工业公司，有关配送仓库位置的决策尤为重要。配送仓库的位置是一个多准则问题，决策过程受几个定量和定性准则的影响。在建议的辅助位置选择的方法中，UTASTAR方法被证明适合于阐明决策过程。此方法为所考虑的每个替代位置确定单个实用程序功能。这有助于根据以多个标准表示的决策者的偏好来评估和比较其他位置选择。UTASTAR的结果使管理人员和决策者可以对已确定的选项进行排名，从而证明最合适的选项作为首选仓库位置是合理的。这项研究表明，UTASTAR方法在与Damghan钢铁公司（伊朗）从多个替代方案中选择最佳位置来构建其中央仓库的案例研究中有效应用。所提出的方法通过计算单个效用函数从决策者的角度有意义地表示了替代仓库位置的相对值，从而为仓库位置选择问题提供了新的视角。建造中央仓库的最佳位置。所提出的方法通过计算单个效用函数从决策者的角度有意义地表示了替代仓库位置的相对值，从而为仓库位置选择问题提供了新的视角。建造中央仓库的最佳位置。所提出的方法通过计算单个效用函数从决策者的角度有意义地表示了替代仓库位置的相对值，从而为仓库位置选择问题提供了新的视角。