Design and operation of an order-consolidation warehouse: Models and application

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 14-36

  Gray, Ann E ^a   Karmarkar, Uday S ^a   Seidmann, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

distribution centers; facilities planning; logistics; operations management; order consolidation; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONS RESEARCH - MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAREHOUSES - MANAGEMENT;

DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; FACILITIES PLANNING; NUMBER OF PICKERS; NUMBER OF ZONES; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; ORDER CONSOLIDATION;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 0026852731     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(92)90232-X     Document Type: Article

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