Optimizing fishbone aisles for dual-command operations in a warehouse

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 389-403

  Pohl, Letitia M ^a   Meller, Russell D ^a   Gue, Kevin R ^b  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aisle design; Expected value analysis; Task interleaving (dual command); Warehouse design

Indexed keywords

AISLE DESIGN; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMMAND OPERATION; EXPECTED VALUE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL HANDLING; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; TASK INTERLEAVING (DUAL-COMMAND); TRAVEL DISTANCE; WAREHOUSE DESIGN;

LOCATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPTIMIZATION; PALLETS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WAREHOUSES;

DESIGN;

EID: 67749116152     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20355     Document Type: Article

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