Warehouse design and control: Framework and literature review

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 515-533

  Rouwenhorst, B ^a   Reuter, B ^b   Stockrahm, V ^b   Van Houtum, G J ^c   Mantel, R J ^a   Zijm, W H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; WAREHOUSES;

WAREHOUSING SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0033904107     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00020-X     Document Type: Review

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