A unit-load warehouse with multiple pickup and deposit points and non-traditional aisles

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 795-806

  Gue, Kevin R ^a   Ivanović, Goran ^a   Meller, Russell D ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Aisle design; Layout; Warehouse design

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; WAREHOUSES;

AISLE DESIGN; LAYOUT; NON-TRADITIONAL; NUMERICAL RESULTS; STORAGE LOCATION; WAREHOUSE DESIGN;

PICKUPS;

DESIGN; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 84857125577     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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