Title: Prioritisation of warehouse location through analytical hierarchy process: a case study in a pump manufacturing company

Authors: A. Anand Jayakumar; C. Krishnaraj; S.R. Devadasan; R. Muruganandham

Addresses: Mechatronics Engineering Department, Suguna College of Engineering, Coimbatore-641014, Tamil Nadu, India ' Mechanical Engineering Department, Karpagam College of Engineering, Coimbatore – 641032, Tamil Nadu, India ' Production Engineering Department, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore – 641004, Tamil Nadu, India ' Indus Business Academy, Bangalore, India

Abstract: Warehouses play crucial roles in pump manufacturing companies by distributing the pumps to the customers at right time with low logistics cost. Hence, pump manufacturing companies are required to prioritise the warehouse location. As several criteria are to be considered, multi-criteria decision-making techniques are required to be applied for prioritising warehouse location. In the context of this observation, the research reported in this paper was carried out. While carrying out this research, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique was applied in a pump manufacturing company for prioritising its warehouse location in an Indian city. This task was carried out by gathering the necessary data from the managing director of this company by supplying questionnaires. Using this data, analysis associated with AHP was carried out and prioritised warehouse location was determined. The overall inference is that AHP is a good technique to carry out warehouse location in pump manufacturing companies.

Keywords: pump manufacturing; analytical hierarchy process; AHP; warehouse location; multi-criteria decision making; priority ranking.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2024.138929

International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 2024 Vol.48 No.2, pp.272 - 304

Received: 07 Feb 2022
Accepted: 12 Mar 2022
Published online: 04 Jun 2024 *

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