The pre-positioning of warehouses at regional and local levels for a humanitarian relief organisation

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 616-628

  Roh, Saeyeon ^a   Pettit, Stephen ^a   Harris, Irina ^a   Beresford, Anthony ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humanitarian relief organisation; Multi criteria decision making; Warehouses pre positioning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LOCATION; MANAGERS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEM; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORKS; PRE-POSITIONING; SHORT TIME FRAMES; STRATEGIC LOCATIONS;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84959530845     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.01.015     Document Type: Article

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