Article ID: | iaor1989137 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 27 |
Issue: | 9 |
Start Page Number: | 1475 |
End Page Number: | 1486 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1989 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Kiran A.S., Tansel B.C. |
The optimal location of a pickup point on a material handling network is considered. The pickup point is defined as the material exchange point between the material handling system (MHS) and a station. The problem is defined as that of choosing the location of the pickup point to minimize the total cost of material movement in the MHS. A facility location model on directed networks has been developed, and strongly polynomial solution methods are presented.