Travel time analysis for general item location assignment in a rectangular warehouse

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 582-597

  Chew, Ek Peng ^a   Tang, Loon Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

General item location assignment; Order batching; Travel time model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; QUEUEING THEORY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CUSTOMER ORDER BATCHING; GENERAL ITEM LOCATION ASSIGNMENT METHOD; TRAVEL TIME MODELS;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 0033078412     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00416-5     Document Type: Article

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