Batch construction heuristics and storage assignment strategies for walk/ride and pick systems

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 575-596

  Ruben, Robert A ^a   Jacobs, F Robert ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WAREHOUSES;

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; ORDER BATCHING; STORAGE ASSIGNMENT STRATEGY; WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 0032630179     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.4.575     Document Type: Article

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