The impact of dwell point policy in an Automated Storage/Retrieval System

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4336-4348

  Regattieri, A ^a   Santarelli, G ^a   Manzini, R ^a   Pareschi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AS RS; automated storage and retrieval system; optimal dwell point policy; random storage assignment; storage policies; travel time minimization

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM; POINT POLICY; RANDOM STORAGE; STORAGE POLICIES; TIME MINIMIZATION;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST ACCOUNTING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; TRAVEL TIME; WAGES; WAREHOUSES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84880573320     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.776188     Document Type: Article

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