DETERMINATION OF DOLOG’S IDEAL WAREHOUSE BASED ON MINIMUM LOGISTICS COSTERIANA ASTUTYFaculty of Business and Management, Widyatama UniversityJalan Cikutra 204 A, Bandung, Jawa Barat 40125E-mail: [email protected] besar penduduk Indonesia mengkonsumsi beras sebagai makanan utama sehingga memerlukan jumlah beras yang mencukupi kebutuhan dalam waktu yang tak terbatas. Gudang penyimpanan diperlukan untuk mengelola persediaan beras.. Gudang beras harus berada di tempat yang strategis dan mudah dijangkau sehingga memperlancar pendistribusian dan menunjang efisiensi pendistribusian dalam segi ongkos logistik yang minimum. Dolog (Depot Logistik) merupakan agen tunggal Bulog (Badan Urusan Logistik) di Indonesia yang mempunyai tugas utama menjaga stabilitas dan ketersediaan bahan pangan di Indonesia terutama beras. Untuk dapat menjalankan tugasnya, Dolog harus mempunyai gudang beras ideal yang mempunyai kapasitas sesuai kebutuhan permintaan pasar. Penggunaan metode cluster dalam penelitian ini menghasilkan 3 gudang beras ideal dan strategis dalam memenuhi kebutuhan pasar di Bandung yang apabila dibandingkan dengan kondisi gudang sekarang yang sudah ada yaitu di Cimindi, ternyata dapat menghemat sebesar Rp 45.032.203 per tahun atau sekitar Rp125.000 per hari. Sehingga terdapat 2 solusi yang dapat diambil Dolog, yaitu membangun gudang beras baru di lokasi strategis atau tetap menggunakan gudang lama dengan menambah kapasitas gudang sebesar ± 6.000 ton.Kata kunci: dolog, gudang beras, metoda cluster, ongkos logistikABSTRACTMost of indonesian societies consume rice as staple food and therefore need the amount of rice that meet the demand within the infinite time. Food warehouse is needed in order to maintain supplies. Rice warehouse should be located in the strategic location so that it is easy to reach and to avoid the stagnation of supply. In addition, that can also be useful for financing streamline because it can minimize the logistics costs. Dolog as a unit of the agency Bulog is responsible to maintain the stability and availability of basic foodstuffs in the region of Indonesia and to participate in the procurement and supply of basic foodstuffs especially rice. To carry out its duties, Dolog also must have an ideal rice warehouse which its capacity should meet the demand of the rice according to the market supplied. The result of cluster method used in this research suggests that there are three ideal warehouse locations to supply main markets in Bandung. If the three ideal warehouse locations are compared with the existing warehouse, proposed warehouse location donates saving about IDR 45,032,203 per year or approximately IDR 125,000 per day. So there are two solutions can be taken by Dolog that the first is open new warehouses and the second is using the old warehouse and adding the shortage storage capacity by opening additional warehouse at ± 6,000 tons.Key words: dolog, rice warehouse, cluster method, logistics cost