Determining the number of zones in a pick-and-sort order picking system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 757-771

  De Koster, René B M ^a   Le Duc, Tho ^a   Zaerpour, Nima ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

logistics; order fulfilment and distribution; order picking; warehousing; zone picking

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION CENTRES; NETHERLANDS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; ORDER FULFILMENT AND DISTRIBUTION; ORDER PICKERS; ORDER PICKING; WAITING-TIME; WAREHOUSING; ZONE PICKING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; LOGISTICS;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84859943422     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.543941     Document Type: Review

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