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Using AHP for Strategic Production Site Assessment: A Case Study from Specialty Chemicals Industry

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The assessment of production sites represents a key issue in the strategic redesign of a supply network. In our paper, we consider the case of a company from the specialty chemicals industry. To support the assessment of production sites under multiple decision criteria, a tool based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was developed. The application of this methodology is shown in a case study investigation based on a real industrial setting.

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  1. Dept. of Production Management, Technical University of Berlin, Wilmersdorfer Str. 148, 10585, Berlin

    Reinhard Hübner & Hans-Otto Günther

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  1. Produktionsmanagement, Technische Universität Berlin, Wilmersdorfer Str. 148, 10585, Berlin

    Hans-Otto Günther

  2. Wirtschaftsinformatik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Abt-Jerusalem-Str. 4, 38106, Braunschweig

    Dirk C. Mattfeld

  3. Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universität Paderborn, Warburger Staße 100, 33098, Paderborn

    Leena Suhl

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Hübner, R., Günther, HO. (2007). Using AHP for Strategic Production Site Assessment: A Case Study from Specialty Chemicals Industry. In: Günther, HO., Mattfeld, D.C., Suhl, L. (eds) Management logistischer Netzwerke. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1921-2_1

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