Selection of Handling Equipment in Warehouse Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Making

Abstract

The handling equipment are more modern and companies pay more attention to the safety of the warehousing operator every day. Every company which is using handling equipment is constantly renewing them for this reason. Handling equipment are used for professional relocation, loading and directing of material in production, warehousing and cycle. The handling equipment form a whole for a certain area of transport handling, including organization. The aim of this article is the selection of handling equipment in the warehouse using multi-criteria decision-making. Choosing the right handling equipment in warehouse is based on the number of pallets, the position behind the steering wheel, the battery, speed, load capacity and manoeuvrability. Multi-criteria decision-making is a scientific discipline of operational research that deals with the analysis of decision-making situations in which decision-making variants are assessed not only by one but by several conflicting criteria. The article uses the weighted sum method, where alternatives are assigned numbers according to the order of individual characteristics, the highest sequence number has the highest alternative number.