Performance evaluation of material handling system for a warehouse

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-329

  Chakraborty, P S ^a   Majumder, G ^a   Sarkar, B ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Material handling system (MHS); Performance model; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; INVESTMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WAREHOUSES;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247344484     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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