Improving order picking performance utilizing slotting and golden zone storage

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 997-1012

  Petersen, Charles G ^a   Siu, Charles ^b   Heiser, Daniel R ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ThoughtCandle Inc   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Order picking; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944448336     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570510619491     Document Type: Article

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