Optimal placement of warehouse cross-aisles in a picker-to-part warehouse with class-based storage

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-120

  Berglund, Paul ^a   Batta, Rajan ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

aisle design; material handling; order picking; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

AISLE DESIGN; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CLASS-BASED; MATERIAL HANDLING; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; ORDER PICKING; PATH LENGTH; PROBABILITY MASS FUNCTION; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; SOLUTION PROCEDURE; STORAGE POLICIES; WAREHOUSING;

OPTIMIZATION;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84856750261     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2011.578608     Document Type: Article

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