Designing an optimal turnover-based storage rack for a 3D compact automated storage and retrieval system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1551-1571

  Yu, Yugang ^a   De Koster, M B M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AS RS; Order picking; Storage rack design; Travel time model; Turnover based storage; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIALS HANDLING; POWDERS; WAREHOUSES;

AS/RS; ORDER PICKING; STORAGE RACK DESIGN; TRAVEL TIME MODEL; TURNOVER-BASED STORAGE; WAREHOUSING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 57049131570     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701576346     Document Type: Article

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