Analysis and optimal design of discrete order picking technologies along a line

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-362

  Eisenstein, Donald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal depot location; Optimal product layout; Order picking; Warehouse logistics

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ORDER PICKING SYSTEMS; TYPICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 43949096233     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20289     Document Type: Article

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