distribution center
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/DistributionCenter
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/
SubClass Of: storage facility
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › bfo:object aggregate › system › engineered system › facility › storage facility › distribution center
Definition
storage facility designed to store manufactured products that are to be distributed to resellers and wholesalers
Explanatory Notes
The warehouse facility which holds inventory from manufacturing pending distribution to the appropriate stores [CSCMP]
Examples
- Costco Distribution Center in Salt Lake City, UT
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
The required constructs for providing necessary and sufficient conditions are not available in this release. In particular, the notions related to ‘distribution’ function and process are missing.
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
DistributionCenter(x) → StorageFacility(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is a ‘distribution center’ then x is a ‘storage facility’