Optimal fleet size, delivery routes, and workforce assignments for the vehicle routing problem with manual materials handling

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 252-263

  Boonprasurt, Prachya ^a   Nanthavanij, Suebsak ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Manual materials handling; Optimization; Vehicle routing problem; Workforce assignment

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; FLEET OPERATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; VEHICLE ROUTING; VEHICLES;

DELIVERY ROUTES; FLEET SIZES; MANUAL MATERIALS HANDLING; PHYSICAL ENERGY; PHYSICAL WORKLOADS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS; WORKFORCE ASSIGNMENT;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 84872120258     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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