Performance measurement in the warehousing industry

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 220-230

  Johnson, Andrew ^a   McGinnis, Leon ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

data envelopment analysis; facility logistics; outlier detection; two stage DEA; Warehouse

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION AND TRAINING; EMPIRICAL DATA; KEY FACTORS; LOGISTIC OPERATIONS; NEW RESULTS; ONLINE EDITIONS; ORDER PICKING; OUTLIER DETECTION; PERFORMANCE DATA; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TWO STAGE; WAREHOUSE PERFORMANCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA HANDLING; DATA WAREHOUSES; DISTILLATION; INDUSTRY; STAGES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 78651309070     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2010.491497     Document Type: Article

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