Doctor of Business Administration Declaration

“I, Robert Webster, declare that the DBA thesis entitled An Investigation into the Decision-Making Processes of Transport Companies when Selecting a Warehouse Location is no more than 65,000 words in length including quotes and exclusive of tables, figures, appendices, bibliography, references and footnotes. This thesis contains no material that has been submitted previously, in whole or in part, for the award of any other academic degree or diploma. Except where otherwise indicated, this thesis is my own work”. Signature R S Webster Date 26th February, 2009 iv This study examines and analyses the decision-making processes used by companies in the transport industry when making a warehouse location decision. Previous research has looked at location decision-making in many industries and at location decisions specifically in the retail an