A mathematical model for the Multi-Levels Product Allocation Problem in a warehouse with compatibility constraints

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4385-4398

  Guerriero, F ^a   Musmanno, R ^a   Pisacane, O ^a   Rende, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iterative Local Search; Logistics; Operations research; Product Allocation Problem; Warehouse management

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; DELIVERY TIME; ITERATED LOCAL SEARCH; LOCAL SEARCH; LOGISTIC COSTS; MULTILEVELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRODUCT ALLOCATIONS; SATISFACTION DEGREES; SERVICE LEVELS; WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT;

LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84872613749     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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