Simulating the impact of parcel size and bar code quality on the productivity of parcel sorting machines

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-128

  Dedeke, Adenekan ^a   Hung, Kuo Ting ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Facilities equipment planning; Postal services

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; POSTAL SERVICES; PRODUCTIVITY;

BARCODE SCANNER; ECONOMIC LIFE; FACILITIES-EQUIPMENT PLANNING; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SIMULATION APPROACH; SORTING MACHINES; SORTING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE;

BAR CODES;

EID: 77954882617     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2010.029764     Document Type: Article

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