Exploring the Impact of Technology 4.0 Driven Practice on Warehousing Performance: A Hybrid Approach

Sadia Samar Ali and Rajbir Kaur
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Sadia Samar Ali: Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Rajbir Kaur: Government Girls College, Panchkula 134113, India

Mathematics, 2022, vol. 10, issue 8, 1-22

Abstract: Developing a promising technology that copes with the industrial warehousing environment requires special preparation. It includes infrastructure, equipment, resources, knowledge, efficiencies, and strategies for dealing with failures. This study examines Technology 4.0 driven warehouse practices and performance based on a thorough literature review. The study presents a unique proposition as it considers a two-fold fuzzy Delphi analysis to rank the Technology 4.0 driven practices using best-worst method (BWM) based on experts’ responses. Warehouse performance measures are evaluated by the Combined Compromise Solution (CoCoSo) method. The results indicate the contributions of a ‘Man-machines or robots for facilitating human’; ‘Planning system for management’; ‘Storage systems’ as as leading practices contributing to ‘improved inventory management’, ‘effective storage and distribution’, and ‘improved distribution and shipping or delivery process’. Using this study, researchers and managers will better understand how to adopt technology in warehouse management system.

Keywords: Technology 4.0; warehouse practices; warehousing performances; fuzzy Delphi method; hybrid method; BWM; CoCoSo; Saudi Arabia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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