Order picking process at warehouses

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-178

  Burinskiene, Aurēlija ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

accurate stock; distance; efficiency in operations; layout; optimisation; order picking; routes; simulation models; warehouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879642214     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2010.030958     Document Type: Article

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