THEDEVELOPERS’GUiDETOPLANNiNGANDDESiGNiNGLOGiSTiCSCENTERSiNCARECCOUNTRiES APRIL2023 THEDEVELOPERS’GUiDETOPLANNiNGANDDESiGNiNGLOGiSTiCSCENTERSiNCARECCOUNTRiES APRiL2023 CreativeCommonsAttribution3.0iGOlicense(CCBY3.0iGO) ©2023AsianDevelopmentBank 6ADBAvenue,MandaluyongCity,1550MetroManila,PhilippinesTel+63286324444;Fax+63286362444 www.adb.org Somerightsreserved.Publishedin2023. ISBN978-92-9270-120-8(print);978-92-9270-121-5(electronic);978-92-9270-122-2(ebook) PublicationStockNo.SPR230134-2 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/SPR230134-2 TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsandpoliciesoftheAsianDevelopmentBank(ADB)oritsBoardofGovernorsorthegovernmentstheyrepresent. ADBdoesnotguaranteetheaccuracyofthedataincludedinthispublicationandacceptsnoresponsibilityforanyconsequenceoftheiruse.ThementionofspecificcompaniesorproductsofmanufacturersdoesnotimplythattheyareendorsedorrecommendedbyADBinpreferencetoothersofasimilarnaturethatarenotmentioned. Bymakinganydesignationoforreferencetoaparticularterritoryorgeographicarea,orbyusingtheterm“country”inthispublication,ADBdoesnotintendtomakeanyjudgmentsastothelegalorotherstatusofanyterritoryorarea. ThisworkisavailableundertheCreativeCommonsAttribution3.0IGOlicense(CCBY3.0IGO)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/.Byusingthecontentofthispublication,youagreetobeboundbythetermsofthislicense.Forattribution,translations,adaptations,andpermissions,pleasereadtheprovisionsandtermsofuseathttps://www.adb.org/terms-use#openaccess. ThisCClicensedoesnotapplytonon-ADBcopyrightmaterialsinthispublication.Ifthematerialisattributedtoanothersource,pleasecontactthecopyrightownerorpublisherofthatsourceforpermissiontoreproduceit.ADBcannotbeheldliableforanyclaimsthatariseasaresultofyouruseofthematerial. Pleasecontactpubsmarketing@adb.orgifyouhavequestionsorcommentswithrespecttocontent,orifyouwishtoobtaincopyrightpermissionforyourintendedusethatdoesnotfallwithintheseterms,orforpermissiontousetheADBlogo. CorrigendatoADBpublicationsmaybefoundathttp://www.adb.org/publications/corrigenda.Notes: Inthispublication,“$”referstoUnitedStatesdollars. ADBplacedonholditsassistancetoAfghanistaneffective15August2021.ADBStatementonAfghanistan|AsianDevelopmentBank (publishedon10November2021).Manila. ADBrecognizes“China”asthePeople’sRepublicofChina,“Korea”astheRepublicofKorea,and“Kyrgyzstan”astheKyrgyzRepublic.CoverdesignbyFrancisManio.PhotosbyIgnasiRagasPrat. CONTENTS TABLES,FIGURES,ANDBOxESv PREFACEvi ABBREVIATIONSvii ExECUTIVESUMMARYviii 1INTRODUCTION1 1.1WhyThisGuide?1 1.2WhatAretheSpecificitiesofCARECCountriesRegardingLogisticsCentersDevelopment?1 2CONCEPTSANDRATIONALE3 2.1TheImportanceofLogisticstotheEconomy3 2.2LogisticsCenters’ConceptandPurpose4 3TEChNICALFEATURESOFLOGISTICSCENTERS10 3.1Warehouses,Functions,andLocations10 3.2ConceptualDesignandLayout20 3.3Warehouses25 3.4OtherInfrastructure32 3.5Summary34 4PROJECTPREPARATION,IMPLEMENTATION,ANDOPERATIONS35 4.1RoadMaptoImplementation35 4.2TheDeveloper’sBusinessModel40 4.3OperationsandManagementofLogisticsCenters46 4.4TypicalIssuesandPitfalls47 5IMPACTSOFLOGISTICSCENTERS52 5.1EconomicandSocialImpacts52 5.2EnvironmentalImpactsandMitigationStrategies54 iii ivContents 6LOOKINGAhEAD56 6.1WhatIndustryTrendsWillShapeLogisticsFacilitiesDevelopment?56 6.2WhatAretheBoundaryConditionsandRegulatoryTrends?57 6.3WhatOpportunitiesExistforCARECCountries?57 6.4WhatDevelopmentsShouldBeAvoided?58 6.5WhatAreSuggestedNextStepsfortheCARECProgram?58 APPENDIxES 1LogisticsCentersinCARECCountries59 2ExamplesofLogisticsCentersinEuropeandtheUnitedStates64 TABLES,FIGURES,ANDBOxES TABLES 1DrawbacksofLogisticsCentersforCompaniesandhosts8 2FivePrinciplestoInspiretheLayoutofaLogisticsCenter34 3FeaturesandRecommendationsforVariousPublic–PrivateSectorCombinations42 4ProsandConsofSaleandRent44 5PossibleServicesatLogisticsCenters45 6InvestmentRatiosinLogisticsCenters52 FigURES 1PolicyLeverstoImproveLogisticsPerformance4 2PolicyApproachestoLogisticsCenters9 3StylizedFunctionsofWarehouseswithinSupplyChains11 4ExampleofRegionalDistributionPlatform14 5ExampleofLocalDistributionPlatforms15 6TheDistance–CostEquation18 7SimplifiedModelofAgriculturalProduceLogisticsChain19 8ExampleofFlexibilityofPlotFormandSize22 9EvolutionofLogistics24 10ExampleofParkingandManeuveringArea28 11ImplementationSequence36 12Stakeholders’MapthroughaProject’sStages36 13ModelsofLogisticsServicesProviders’InvolvementinDevelopmentofLogisticsCenters40 14RisksAlongtheImplementationSequence42 15IllustrationofLogisticsCenters’ManagersFinances47 BOxES 1InternationalandNationalDefinitionsofLogisticsCenters5 2ExamplesofLogisticsCentersatBorders11 3Kazakhstan’sGuidelinesforWarehousesatLogisticsCenters27 4DamuLogisticsCenter31 5LogisticsCentersStrategyinTunisia48 6CallaoandMontevideoLogisticsCenterProjects49 7MoroccanAgencyfortheDevelopmentofLogistics50 v PREFACE ResearchforTheDevelopers’GuidetoPlanningandDesigningLogisticsCentersinCARECCountriesbeganinMarch2022. Theauthorcond