Redesigning the material handling system for a medical warehouse.
مؤلف
Al-Balushiyah, Wafa Murad.
الملخص الإنجليزي
This research aims to redesign a medical warehouse's material handling system (MHS) by
applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Less research was done to select the
appropriate material handling system for medical warehouses. The MHS in the Sultan
Qaboos University medical warehouse is evaluated through the material handling
equipment (MHE) currently used over different warehouse sections. A list of MHE types
most relevant to the ongoing warehouse operations are selected for further evaluation. A
market investigation is conducted for each MHE type to determine the specifications of the
alternative MHE models offered by different manufacturers and vendors. The data collected
for alternative commercial MHE models are employed to rank each list of MHE types
separately. In the next stage, the best MHE are ranked using the benchmarking power. The
MHS is built as a result of possible combinations of selected commercial MHE models for
the required MHE types.
