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India Post Service Facility Layout Design Selection and Evaluation Using MCDM Approach

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Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA 2022)

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Abstract

This study uses the AHP technique to assess and choose the best facility layout based on technical practices, work environment, and ergonomics factors. This study will be beneficial in determining ways to improve operational performance in light of facility layout changes. We initially developed six logical layouts based on the field survey, which were approved by all shop floor staff, managers, and postal administrations to be evaluated under production performance layout schemes. Six alternative layouts, three performance criteria, and 13 sub-criteria were taken into consideration in this Facility Layout Design (FLD) problem. The analysis of the FLD in shop floor postal layouts yielded amazing results. This empirical investigation was conducted in India's southernmost National Sorting Hub (NSH) Mysore, Karnataka.

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  1. Business School, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, 600127, India

    S. M. Vadivel

  2. Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru, 570008, India

    Sooraj Sanjai & S. Siri

  3. School of Management, NIT Karnataka, Surathkal, 575025, India

    A. H. Sequeira

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  1. Faculty of Computing and Data Science, FLAME University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Ajith Abraham

  2. Center for Smart Computing Continuum, Burgenland, Austria

    Sabri Pllana

  3. University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Gabriella Casalino

  4. University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China

    Kun Ma

  5. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India

    Anu Bajaj

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Vadivel, S.M., Sanjai, S., Siri, S., Sequeira, A.H. (2023). India Post Service Facility Layout Design Selection and Evaluation Using MCDM Approach. In: Abraham, A., Pllana, S., Casalino, G., Ma, K., Bajaj, A. (eds) Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. ISDA 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 646. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27440-4_8

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