Approximating work cycle times in warehousing systems

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-23

  Malmborg, Charles J ^a   AlTassan, Khalid M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleaving; Orderpicking; Queuing; Storage and Retrieval; Work Cycle Time

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTION; QUEUEING THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

INTERLEAVING; ORDERPICKING; STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; WAREHOUSING SYSTEMS; WORK CYCLE TIME;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 0031100458     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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