Class-based storage with exact S-shaped traversal routeing in low-level picker-to-part systems

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4979-4996

  Rao, Subir S ^a   Adil, Gajendra K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

aisle travel metric; class based storage assignment; continuous storage classes; low level order picking system; multi item picking; order pick size; traversal routeing; warehouse design

Indexed keywords

AISLE TRAVEL METRIC; CLASS-BASED STORAGES; CONTINUOUS STORAGE CLASSES; MULTI-ITEM; ORDER PICK SIZE; ORDER-PICKING SYSTEMS; TRAVERSAL ROUTEING; WAREHOUSE DESIGN;

OPTIMIZATION;

WAREHOUSES;

EID: 84882448830     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.784419     Document Type: Article

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